Bucharest 41 - Return Trip

On the nights of 21-23 January 1941 the streets of Bucharest caught fire, people were dragged from their homes, tortured and killed. The Bucharest pogrom lies hidden in the folds of the city's memory among other episodes of urban violence. "Bucharest 41 - Return Trip" uncovers the marks cut into the face of the city and into the lives of its inhabitants. Through a time machine operated by Winston Churchill and Rosie Waldeck, we arrive at the 1944 premiere of "The Star Without a Name", in the company of Mihail Sebastian, Soare Z. Soare, Leni Caler, Marietta Sadova and the lawyer Enescu (who, because of the antisemitic laws, signed "The Star Without a Name" under a pen name in place of Mihail Sebastian, whose plays could not be performed in Romanian theatres because he was a Jew). Nae Ionescu, travelling in time alongside Mihail, witnesses the success of his disciple - Josef Hechter (Mihail Sebastian). The production travels through several locations, revealing hidden stories: the saving of the Great Synagogue from the fire by Lucreția Canjia, or the survival of Rabbi Guttman. The research was carried out by the team of dramaturgs under the guidance of the historian Adrian Cioflîncă.