Tales from the Golden Age: The Warsaw Pact

Tales from the Golden Age: The Warsaw Pact

· Comedy, History

A follow up to the 2009 sketch comedy referencing urban legends from the Ceausescu regime, the film is expected to expand to accommodate stories from different ex-communist Eastern European countries, including Poland.

Directed by Cristian Mungiu · Written by Cristian Mungiu

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