Ceausescu biography movie about henry ford

The film is done according to the very nice-sounding, but eventually problematic motto of "letting the archives and the evidence speak for itself". This proposition can achieve some moniker of success only among those, such as myself, who come from Romania, and know its history well, having studied it at the university level. But to foreigners or even young Romanians, lacking the context and the historical background, the film fails in documenting anything.

An external viewer will not know who most of the people in the film are, what the background is for Ceausescu's reactions such as his speech in in support of Czechoslovakia as so forth. The film is also very long, almost three hours, and I admit that even I, who have a professional interest in the documentary material, had to give up half way through and resume later.

Making an analogy, the film represents the difference between archive material and a book of history. The material, outside of its chronological arrangement, is raw, lacking subtitles, names etc. Still, the film is worth watching for a specialized audience, and shows never before seen material on a very important epoch and person in Romania's history.

Top picks Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. FAQ How long is The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu? Powered by Alexa. Details Edit. Release date September 9, United States. Romania Germany. Official site.

Ceausescu biography movie about henry ford

Romanian English. Bucharest Metro, Bucharest, Romania opening Box office Edit. See detailed box office info on IMDbPro. Tech specs Edit. Runtime 3 hours. Color Black and White. Dolby Digital. Related news. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap. See more gaps Learn more about contributing. Edit page.

More to explore. Recently viewed. Tom Rack John Dodge. Damir Andrei Horace Dodge. Harry Hill Ford Butler. Walter Massey Dawson. Arthur Grosser Junior Partner. Jimmy Tapp Ford's Doctor. Allan Eastman. More like this. Storyline Edit. Did you know Edit. Goofs When the last Model T has been loaded into a box car, there is a steam locomotive in the background.

It is a Canadian Pacific Hudson which was not even built until some thirty years later and, in any case, would never have been in a Detroit freight yard. User reviews 6 Review. Featured review. A Mom And Pop Corporation. In Henry Ford's case the machine he invented truly dominated the man, causing son Edsel to seriously question whether his father truly loved his family more than that automobile that made him a hero in his early years.

I think you'll figure out the answer as you watch the film. Henry Ford the farm kid with a genius for mechanical invention proved to be a shrewder businessman than his original partners thought. But that left him in a dominant position. Robertson as Ford is no different than a lot of millionaires who think that making money in their field makes them omnicompetent.

Ford never held with higher education and in his life intellectually was still a Michigan farm kid with some really strange ideas. Those ideas like anti-Semitism embarrass the family to this day. As a father and husband he leaves a lot to be desired. He cheats on Hope Lange who is an unaffected rural girl as his wife with stenographer Heather Thomas.

Like Charles II did and other monarchs he married off his mistress to one of the plant workers. He was Lord and Master in his factory as well as his house. Son Edsel played here by R. Thomson never got out from under his domination. The scenes with Robertson and Thomson are quite poignant as Ford just can't let go and give the young man his head.

A man to this day reviled by organized labor as well he should is Michael Ironside as Harry Bennett. A former boxer and Navy seaman, Bennett became Ford's own private Iago as head of security in the corporation where he ran a private goon squad to enforce company will. The Ford Motor Company in that famous incident at the River Rouge Plant where striking workers were shot down by Bennett's thugs left a forever blot on the company and Henry Ford.

I wish it had been it's quite a fascinating story.