Documentary Film - FARA 6 MILE
The documentary, directed by Alina Amza, tells the story of three Romanians – a ship commander, an actor and a helmsman – who decided to risk everything to reach the West. The production faithfully reconstructs, with filming on similar ships, the dramatic events of 1985. “For 50 years, people escaped from the huge prison that was communist Romania in many ways. They crawled, under barbed wire fences, avoiding border patrols, sometimes with bullets whistling in their ears. Others crossed the border, crouched and almost suffocated, in train or freight truck containers. They crossed the Danube swimming, on tractor tires or even on ice. A few pilots fled with planes, flying at ground level, under radar. But three Romanians attempted the impossible: they tried to escape from the communist camp with a 150-meter-long ore carrier, the best part, without the rest of the crew suspecting what they were about to do," the statement said.
The documentary, directed by Alina Amza, tells the story of three Romanians – a ship commander, an actor and a helmsman – who decided to risk everything to reach the West. The production faithfully reconstructs, with filming on similar ships, the dramatic events of 1985. “For 50 years, people escaped from the huge prison that was communist Romania in many ways. They crawled, under barbed wire fences, avoiding border patrols, sometimes with bullets whistling in their ears. Others crossed the border, crouched and almost suffocated, in train or freight truck containers. They crossed the Danube swimming, on tractor tires or even on ice. A few pilots fled with planes, flying at ground level, under radar. But three Romanians attempted the impossible: they tried to escape from the communist camp with a 150-meter-long ore carrier, the best part, without the rest of the crew suspecting what they were about to do," the statement said.