Cinepolitica 2017: “The King Who Tricked Hitler” to be screened in the competition

     In the year celebrating 90 years since Mihai I was proclaimed King, Cinepolitica International Film Festival (20 - 23 April 2017) brings, in premiere to Bucharest, the historical documentary The King Who Tricked Hitler (directed by Trevor Poots), narrated by Marcel Iureș.

     This is the last of the big stories remained untold of the Second World War, unveiled by the last Chief of State still alive of those times, King Michael I of Romania. “I took the train to Berlin to see what the other way had in store and I had lunch with Hitler. It was not by any means a pleasant meeting.” The story of a decision taken by a King who, in a critical point of the Second World War, gave up the support granted to Germany steering Romania towards the Allies and thus hurrying the end of the war. It is a story of Royal Palace intrigues. And a story of deceptions. Lost diplomatic signals, aristocratic spies, blackmail at gunpoint. And the courage of a young King who dared. The start of the Second World War found Romania as a young nation, that had barely turned 20 years old.
     Cinepolitica competition also includes The Apprentice (directed by Junfeng Boo), which follows the immersion of a young officer in Malesia’s dark correctional system. Another troubling film is the documentary Human Harvest (directed by Leon Lee) about how Chinese hospitals, by killing thousands of prisoners, opponents of the system (members of an enigmatic cult and of an alternative faith system, Falun Gong), harvest and sell organs to the West. 
     Cinepolitica will unfold between 20 – 23 April, at Cinema Elvira Popescu of Bucharest, and will bring into competition seven of the latest political films and documentaries.
     Details at: www.cinepolitica.ro

(Translated by Stela Moise)