Beyond Torture - The Gulag of Pitesti-Romania [2007]

Beyond Torture: The Gulag of Pitesti, Romania [2007]
(Firsthand stories of the persecution of Romanians under Stalinist communism)
Release Date: 2007
Runtime: 35Min.
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Format: Dvd
Language: English
Production Company: Vision Video
Category: Documentary, Educational, Incarceration, Physical Abuse

When you said, 'I still believe in God,' in five minutes you were full of blood.
- Roman Braga

Many of us died, many of us became mad, but in some of us the good triumphed.
- George Calciu

These chilling words from two survivors of a brainwashing prison in Pitesti,
Romania are sad reminders of the legacy of Stalinist communism. Beyond Torture:
The Gulag of Pitesti, Romania documents the persecution of Romanians under the
communist regime. Electrical shock, hallucinogenic drugs, near starvation and fatal
beatings were daily rituals in the prison of Pitesti, Romania. But this sadistic story
goes beyond torture: this was an attempt to totally destroy a people's culture and
faith.

In 1949, Stalinist Soviets began a systematic sweep of Romanian college campuses.
Their purpose was to imprison and transform young Romanians into a communistic
way of thinking. One prisoner describes this re-education as the most vile tortures
imaginable. Orthodox priest Father George Calciu says, They tried to destroy our
souls. But he and others survived this gulag, lived to tell their stories and even
forgave their captors.

In this documentary, you'll meet three survivors from the prison of Pitesti and see
shocking paintings that capture the essence of the extreme torture. This DVD also
includes an in-depth one-hour interview with Father Roman Braga: prison survivor
and spiritual leader.

Outside of Romania, this DVD is the first major historical documentation of the
Pitesti experience.
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