Burebista (film)

Burebista (1980) is a Romanian historical epic film about the life of the ancient Dacian king Burebista, depicting his battle to unify his nation and to resist Roman incursions.

Burebista
Akornion is greeted by Burebista and Comosicus (film poster)
Directed byGheorghe Vitanidis
Written byMihnea Gheorghiu
Produced byGheorghe Pîrîu
StarringGeorge Constantin
Ion Dichiseanu
Emanoil Petruț
Alexandru Repan
Edited byIolanda Mîntulescu; Cristina Ionescu
Music byTheodor Grigoriu
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryRomania
LanguageRomanian

The film was made to commemorate the supposed 2,050th anniversary of the founding of the "unified and centralized" country that was to become Romania. Ceaușescu himself was a great nationalist and saw in Decebal, Burebista, and Mihai Viteazul models to follow.

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