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university professors,

but who were notorious

party activists and militants,

had filed a complaint.

-Yes?

-Mrs. Urse?

-Yes.

-Officer Dinu Popescu.

Is something wrong?

Come with us.

Ill just get my coat.

My aunt was called in

by the secret police.

She was so scared

that she was told not even

to tell me what had happened.

Who is it?

Cristi, come with me.

All of a sudden, two men in black came.

They looked like characters

in a crime film.

I was very scared.

My parents locked me in a room

for a couple of hours.

Its such a strange experience.

I wasnt sure what was happening.

But it happened all of a sudden

and out of the blue.

It was over.

They confiscated

the video player and tapes.

And I never watched films

at my aunts again.

The people and the youth.

They are the ones

who have achieved everything

in the socialist development

of our country.

They are the heroes that should be sung

in films, theater, poetry,

in art, literature, paintings,

all artistic domains.

They need to be represented.

Political strategies of repression

were getting harsher.

You could feel it at all levels.

More people were questioned

by the secret police.

It was an increasingly repressive time.

Call in Irina Nistor.

I was afraid because

he hadnt called me in before.

Come in.

-Hello.

-Take a seat.

I was trying not give him the satisfaction

of seeing me scared.

What were you thinking

dubbing Jesus of Nazareth?

-People loved them.

-Yes.

For instance, during Jesus of Nazareth,

when they watched the crucifixion,

they would really cry.

They would cry!

Youd see them with handkerchiefs

and they lived every moment!

It was the time when Ceausescu

was demolishing churches.

You couldnt go to church

without being denounced.

I saw you going to church.

I translated a film...

No, Comrade Nistor. Its a religious film.

I thought freedom of religion

was a constitutional right?

That made him angry.

Youre teaching me about the Constitution?

But I dont know what the problem is.

I didnt know what was coming.

You dont realize

the seriousness of your actions.

You know how often you said God

instead of the one above?

You know who watched this film

and complained? Do you know?

Get out!

I was really scared.

I felt for the first time

that the end could be near.

Maybe I shouldve quit then,

but I couldnt. The films were my oxygen.

Think youll get away with it?

You cant kill policemen.

After that, every time I dubbed a film,

I wondered if Id be called in.

You think youll get away with it?

Hell come after us.

Help!

Help!

The main feeling was, I can watch films!

I can keep in touch with the world.

Look! Its him. What will we do?

The adrenaline rush was amazing.

To be able to watch and translate.

You are absolute idiots.

You want to know why?

And I couldnt stop, at all.

Because I want to honor you.

It was like a drug,

like escaping from jail.

You need people like me.

At least six films.

The average was seven or eight.

Once I managed to dub 10 in a row.

Teach me, I can do it!

Films, like books,

were the pretext, as it were,

for communication between people.

The reason is simple.

We all watched the same films.

People of Eurasia.

Until the final victory has been achieved.

It was also a way

to provoke the authorities.

All these films were a way to rebel,

to do something forbidden.

We were subversive, even if we were

only watching a film on VCR.

Ten-four, come in.

Its the trucker frequency.

So its their dialect?

These people were the resistance!

How did they survive?

Where did they record the tapes?

How did they manage to hide it,

everything they were doing?

How come nobody caught them?

Devon is calling.

I was dubbing.

Put the call through.

Ill drive.

Suddenly, they burst in.

Hello, Michael.

How dare you barge in! Who are you?

Take your hands off me! Take them off!

-Your name, Comrade.

-Zamfir. Who sent you?

Is there anyone else in the house?

Take your hands off me.

Ill find out who sent you.

-Quiet down.

-Ill even find out your mothers name.

How dare you talk like that!

It was a scary moment

which couldve ended tragically.

But a magic word,

a password...

made them leave.

Thats how I found out Mircea

was an undercover secret police officer.

Mr. Zamfir never asked me any questions.

I never asked for anything at all.

Thats honor.

Good evening.

I didnt know why

they looked so shaken up.

They didnt tell me what had happened.

Maybe they were afraid Id be scared.

Later on, I heard about the raid and why

the secret police didnt stop Zamfir then.

But saving Zamfir

put Mircea in a delicate situation

with his superiors.

So Zamfir decided

to try bribing the high officials

to get them both off the hook.

Comrade Zamfir.

Evening.

Lets sit down and talk.

All these powerful men

were manipulated by the needs

of their wives and children.

They didnt realize

that when taking films from me,

their betrayal of communist

ethics and morals ceased to exist.

Hes an excellent businessman.

It was a very smart move

to give high-ranking officials

tapes for free.

Its like the story of the goose

that lays the golden egg.

You dont kill it.

Because youre left

without the golden egg.

Mr. Zamfir became so rich

that no one could touch him, nobody!

He worked with people of higher rank,

above Colonels.

From the army,

the secret police, the police,

the Central Committee,

people of very high rank and power.

The rest, hed just ignore.

Comrade Zamfir, I was just trying to help.

I brought you the video player.

I have my own.

Thats for work, for the others.

You know who youre talking to, right?

Who could stop me,

when everyone had an interest?

Once the Attorney General came and said,

You think youre above it all?

I said no.

He tried to threaten me.

Mr. Zamfir!

Take your VCR, call the car and leave!

I knew there was nothing he could do.

Because they all benefited from my work,

the political class at the highest level.

The secret services, the police.

What could an Attorney General do to me?

Among those who tried hard

to get tapes from me

was Ceausescus son,

Comrade Ceausescus son.

I gave him everything he wanted,

but I refused to meet him.

Those were my glory days.

If the video tapes didnt exist,

if Irina Nistor didnt exist...

I dont know, because its such

an important part of that era.

Get out of my face!

She had the voice...

and she could also communicate

the actors emotions.

I was shocked

by how original her voice was.

It was shrill

and yet very pleasant and expressive.

Wait, this is not charity work.

-It felt like shed always been there.

-She was there!

She didnt just dub, she also acted.

There were many characters, men,

women and she acted them all.

And she also made comments.

The guy said Hello

and shed make her own additions

to give more color to the character.

She became like

an acquaintance or a friend.

She had a certain image,

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