Children of the Decree
Procreation is the social duty of all fertile women, was the political thinking during the 1960s and 1970s in Romania. In 1966, Ceaucescu issued Decree 770, in which he forbade abortion for all women unless they were over forty or were already taking care of four children. All forms of contraception were totally banned. The New Romanian Man was born. By 1969, the country had a million babies more than the previous average. Romanian society was rapidly changing. By using very interesting archival footage and excerpts from old fiction films and by interviewing famous personalities from that time – gynecologists or mothers who were part of the new society - the director revives this period of tremendous oppression of personal freedom. Many deaths were caused by the mere fact that women, including wives of secret Romanian agents, famous TV presenters, and actresses, had to undergo illegal abortions. Many women were jailed for having them.
Year: 2005
Genre: Documentary
Studio: ARTE, Televiziunea Română, WestEnd Films, Pro TV Produktion GmbH
Director: Razvan Georgescu, Florin Iepan
Cast: Delia Bedeanu, Paula Ciupitu, Zina Dumitrescu, Adrian Sangeorzan
Crew: Peter Reuther (Director of Photography), Carlos Fuchs (Director of Photography), Wolf von Truchsess (Director of Photography), Wolfgang Lehmann (Editor), Florin Iepan (Writer), Razvan Georgescu (Director)
Runtime: 67 minutes
Release: Jan 12, 2005
IMDb: 6.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 0
Country: Germany, Romania, United Kingdom
Language: English, Deutsch, Română
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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