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I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

20186.92h 18m

Overview

"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. The film attempts to comment on this statement.

Directed by Radu Jude
Written by Radu Jude
Produced by Ada Solomon
Box OfficeBudget: $2.0M0

Top Cast

Ioana Iacob

Ioana Iacob

Mariana

Alexandru Bogdan

Alexandru Bogdan

Traian

Alexandru Dabija

Alexandru Dabija

Movila

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Ion Rizea

Claudia Ieremia

Claudia Ieremia

Ion Arcudeanu

Ion Arcudeanu

Dana Bunescu

Dana Bunescu

Bogdan Cotlet

Bogdan Cotlet

L

Larisa Crunțeanu

L

Liliana Ghiță

Themes & Keywords

jewish ghettoworld war iijew persecutionmassacredisturbed1940sromanian armyirreverentdramatic

About I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians is a history, drama, comedy film released in 2018 exploring themes of jewish ghetto, world war ii, jew persecution, massacre, disturbed, 1940s. Directed by Radu Jude, it stars Ioana Iacob, Alexandru Bogdan, Alexandru Dabija. "I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. The film attempts to comment on this statement.

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