Nadia Comăneci: The Gymnast and the Dictator

Jul 24, 2016

0h 56m

★ 8.6

Overview

A documentary portrait of legendary Perfect Ten gymnast Nadia Comaneci after becoming an icon in the 1976 Olympics, during her Romanian period, and her challenging years under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Roche Productions

ARTE

Casa de Producție TVR

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Cast

Self

Nadia Comăneci

Self

Béla Károlyi

Self

Anda Onesa

Self

Gabrielle Geiculescu

Self

Emil Hurezeanu

Self

Luminta Paul

Self

Anghel Dragan

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