synopsis and credits

 "Hill 789: The Last Stronghold" / "Cota 789: Ultima Reduta"Copyrighted © by Kogainon Films/ A Division of BEH llc (Cambridge, MA).

Filmul prezinta povestea unui roman in primul razboi mondial. Dimitrie Dimancescu a plecat pe front in august 1916, urmat mai tarziu de fratele sau, Ioan. Filmul se refera la experientele sale dramatice pe frontul din Romania, la intalnirea cu colonelul britanic Norton Griffiths, trimis să saboteze sondele de petrol și la luptele inversunate impotriva trupelor conduse de lt. Erwin Rommel, la Cota 789.
Pentru ca primul razboi mondial este acum o amintire indepartata, este in sarcina scriitorilor, artistilor si producatorilor de film sa readuca in prim plan evenimentele acelor timpuri care au schimbat soarta natiunilor. Batalia de la "Cota 789" este unul dintre aceste evenimente.
Prezentat ca povestea unui om, documentarul urmareste experientele pe frontul de est ale lui Dimitrie Dimancescu, ca voluntar in lupta pentru a-si apara tara. Povestea are loc intre august 1916 si decembrie 1918.
Kogainon Films a facut un mare efort de documentare aprofundata si interpretare artistica in acest documentar. Ideea centrala a acestui film este intelegerea spiritului romanesc care a condus 350.000 de tineri sa isi dea viata si mai mult de 150.000 sa fie raniti sau pierduti in lupta.

Subtitrare: ACT-RO pentru proiectul Cota 789
cota789.ro

One man’s story of Romania in WW-I, Dimitri Dimancescu went to war in Aug 1916, followed later by his brother, Ion. The film covers his dramatic experiences on the Romanian Front and encounters with British Col. Norton Griffiths sent to sabotage Romanian oil wells and fierce battles against Lt. Erwin Rommel on Hill 789 during the Oituz battle in August of 1917.
Because World War One is now a distant memory, it is the job of writers, artists, and filmmakers to bring back events of those times that changed the fates of nations. The battle on “Hill 789" is one of these events. Presented as one man’s story, the documentary follows the Eastern Front experiences of Dimitri Dimancescu who joined the elite Hunters Regiment. The story takes place between August 1916 and December 1918. Central to this film is an understanding of the Romanian sacrifices which led 350,000 young men to give their lives and 150,000 more to have been wounded or lost in combat

PRODUCTION TEAM:
Producer: Dan Dimancescu (Kogainon/BEH)
Director: Nicholas Dimancescu (Kogainon see)
Editor & Motion Design: Kyle Brandse (Boston) see
Graphics: George Pratt (Sarasota, Florida interview)
Videography: Sorin Iliesiu (Video Dialog see)
Music: Sherban Lupu (Champaign, Illinois see)
Music: Marin Cazacu (Bucharest see)
Mix Engineer: Nathan Bice (Boston, Mass.)
Sound Design: Tanner Ross (Boston, Mass.)
Sound Effects: Steven C. Patton, (Boston, Mass. see)
Editing Support: Ana Iliesiu (Video Dialog see)
Script Editing: Ronald Otero (Boston, Mass. see)
Narrator: Michael Ciulla (Essex, Ct. see)
Research: Alex Arma (Bucharest see)
Translation: Doina and Alex Carlsson (Constanta)
Recording: Tried & True Recording (Boston, Mass)
Recording: Quiet Sun Studios (London, UK)
Recording: MDV Film Studios (Bucharest)
Legal Counsel: Ramulescu Law Offices (Bucharest)

ADVISORS:
Cristian Lascu (Editor, NG-Romania, Bucharest)
Ernest Latham (Historian, Washington, DC
Domnica Macri (NG-Romania, Bucharest)

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Bill Adlard - Quiet Sun Studios (London, England)
Prof. Radu Alin - History Museum (Targu Ocna, Romania)
Amy Alipio - National Geographic Traveler (Washington, D.C.)
Cosmin Anastasiu (Bucharest, Romania)
Ambassador Teodor Baconschi - Romania (Paris, France)
Vanessa von Bismarck (Berlin, Germany)
Alex Carlsson (Constanta, Romania)
Doina Carlsson (Constanta, Romania)
Col. Michael Carrington (London, England)
Prof. Robert Citino - University of North Texas (Denton, Texas)
Dragos Diaconu (Bucharest, Romania)
Alin Dimancescu (Bucharest, Romania)
Roy Doolittle (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Prof. Neagu Djuvara (Bucharest, Romania)
Ambassador Ovidiu Dranga - Romania (Brussels, Belgium)
Prof. Radu Florescu (Cochituate, Massachusetts)
Deborah Foti - United States Military Academy (West Point, NY)
Dr. Jean Noel Grandhomme (Strasbourg, France)
Lt. Col. Andrew Heppelmann, U.S. Army (Bucharest, Romania)
James Holoka - Michigan War Studies Review (Michigan)
Anca Ionescu, Military Museum (Bucharest, Romania)
Gen'l Mihail Ionescu - IPSDMH (Bucharest, Romania)
Sergiu Iosipescu - IPSDMH (Bucharest, Romania)
Les Jensen - U.S. Military Academy Museum (West Point, NY)
Cristian Lascu, Ed. National Geographic Magazine -Romania (Bucharest, Romania)
Dr. Arpad von Klimo (Berlin, Germany)
Dr. Wolfgang Mährle, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Germany)
Ernest Latham (Washington, D.C.)
Domnica Macri - National Geographic Magazine (Bucharest), Romania
Catalin Mardare (Bacau, Romania)
Ing. Ioan M. Mihalache (Bucharest, Romania)
Nicolae Moghior, Military Museum (Bucharest, Romania)
Friedrich Niemann - Athenee palace/Hilton (Bucharest, Romania)
Radu Oltean, Historian and Illustrator (Bucharest, Romania)
Mihai Orasanu, Professor of Music & Sound Producer (Bucharest, Romania)
Serban Pavulescu, Military History Institute (Bucharest, Romania)
Christel Phipps (Massachusetts)
Col. Vasile Popa - Military Museum (Bucharest, Romania)
Prof. A. Prazmowska - LSE (London, England)
Roger Press (London, England)
Mihaela and Georgian Ramulescu (Bucharest, Romania)
Cmdr. George Paul Sandachi, Aviation Museum (Bucharest, Romania)
Horia Serbanescu, Military Museum (Bucharest, Romania)
Mihnea Serbanescu (Bucharest, Romania)
Major Florin Sperlea, Ministry of Defense (Bucharest, Romania)
Gheorghe Stan, Musician (Dragobesti, Romania)
Romica Sterescu, Military Museum (Bucharest, Romania)
John Stuart, PTC (Bucharest, Romania)
Prof. Glenn Torrey (Seattle, Washington)
Kurt Vachon (pearse street inc)
Diana Vidrascu (Bucharest, Romania)
Ambassador Adrian Cosmin Vierita - Romania (Washington, D.C.)

INSTITUTIONS:
Aviation Museum (Bucharest, Romania)
British Military Museum (London, England)
History Museum of Targu Ocna (Targu Ocna, Romania)
Institute for Political Studies of Defense and Military History - IPSDMH (Bucharest, Romania)
landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg - Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)
Military Museum (Bucharest, Romania)
National Archive Office at Kew (London, England)
National Oil Museum (Ploesti, Romania)

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