Children of the Decree

Movie·2005·1h 7m

Children of the Decree

Country

Germany

Language

German

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The Story

Original title: Das Experiment 770: Gebären auf Befehl

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.

Producer

Razvan Georgescu

Cinematography

Wolf von Truchsess

Editor

Wolfgang Lehmann

Themes

communismromaniapopulation controlabortionforced abortion

Production House

ARTE
Televiziunea Română
WestEnd Films
Pro TV Produktion GmbH

Audience Score

80%

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Cast

Delia Bedeanu

Paula Ciupitu

Zina Dumitrescu

Adrian Sangeorzan

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Crew

Wolf von Truchsess

Director of Photography

Peter Reuther

Director of Photography

Carlos Fuchs

Director of Photography

Razvan Georgescu

Director, Producer, Writer

Florin Iepan

Director, Writer

Wolfgang Lehmann

Editor

Michael Bogar

Editor

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