Summary Romania in 1968 was better guarded than Alcatraz. No one moved a stick in the country without the Secret Services being informed. And the Bruckenthal Museum in Sibiu was one of the hotspots monitored by the dictator Ceausescu s Secret Service (the Securitate). Under these conditions, 8 very valuable paintings were stolen and taken out of the country. 55 years later, nobody knows what happened. Only 4 of them were found, in USA and President Emil Constantinescu took them back, with the help of Bill Clinton and the World Bank. How did the paintings end up in USA? Who stole them? How were they transported over the borders of two communist counties? (Romania and Hungary) Where are the other four paintings? What the police found out? Who are the main suspects? These are only a few of the questions. We will present you the whole story, the official information, and the assumptions.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Marcel Iures Eduard Moca Petri Stefanescu Lari Giorgescu
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Oct 28, 2023
Countries of origin : Romania
Official sites : Official show page on the HISTORY Channel Romania website
Language : Romanian
Filming locations : Biblioteca Centrala Universitara Carol I, Bucuresti, Romania
Production companies : Chainsaw Europe
Summary Romania in 1968 was better guarded than Alcatraz. No one moved a stick in the country without the Secret Services being informed. And the Bruckenthal Museum in Sibiu was one of the hotspots monitored by the dictator Ceausescu s Secret Service (the Securitate). Under these conditions, 8 very valuable paintings were stolen and taken out of the country. 55 years later, nobody knows what happened. Only 4 of them were found, in USA and President Emil Constantinescu took them back, with the help of Bill Clinton and the World Bank. How did the paintings end up in USA? Who stole them? How were they transported over the borders of two communist counties? (Romania and Hungary) Where are the other four paintings? What the police found out? Who are the main suspects? These are only a few of the questions. We will present you the whole story, the official information, and the assumptions.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Oct 28, 2023
Countries of origin : Romania
Official sites : Official show page on the HISTORY Channel Romania website
Language : Romanian
Filming locations : Biblioteca Centrala Universitara Carol I, Bucuresti, Romania
Production companies : Chainsaw Europe
