"Greater Union - Romania at 100 Years" AGERPRES documentary is screened at Medieval Sighisoara Festival

The "Greater Union - Romania at 100 Years" AGERPRES documentary was screened on Sunday within the 25th edition of the Medieval Sighisoara Festival.

The movie produced by AGERPRES National News Agency was screened in the Sander Hall, in one of the Old Citadel's buildings.

The Video Desk with the AGERPRES presents the documentary carried out on the occasion of the Greater Union Centennial of 1918 the way this desideratum of the Romanians was accomplished.
The story kicks off from the international historic context and reaches the feelings of the ordinary people who wished one single thing: a country where the same language be spoken, the same clothes, the same feelings exist without borders.

The shootings were carried out on Romania's territory, to which Northern Bucovina and Bessarabia added. The historic load with concrete data is kept in the documentary by the interventions of several historians who behave like narrators, and the dramatic, emotional side is staged through the people who by their testimonies recall the moments their ancestors or themselves have lived.

The film is not only pointing out the 1 December 1918 day, but also the previous happenings to the Greater Union. Moreover, it shows how Greater Romania was divided and the economic, cultural impact, alongside the consequences upon the daily life of the Romanians from abroad.
The documentary illustrates the dramaticism of the years 1940-1941, with the borders' tearing apart, the deportations, the jail sentences and the family break-ups.

Some images come from historical archives, others were made in the very dwellings of the people, in museums, with drone shootings, as historical photos were being used as well as images from the National Archives. The shooting and editing took one year.

The Medieval Sighisoara Festival, which is annually attended by thousands of people, has entered for a long time now in the conscience of the tourists as an opportunity to see among the almost unchanged walls of a medieval city, other times' customs, clothes and ways to trade brought to life. Apart from shows by the knights and juggling, the tourists could also encounter merchandisers, painters, poets, masters of ceremonies and could participate in workshops where they could discover the medieval arts and crafts.AGERPRES(RO - author: Elena Stanciu, editor: Florin Marin; EN - author, editor: Maria Voican)