“I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians.” These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of Romania in the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. The film attempts to comment on this statement. Notes: “military reenactment / Hannah Arendt / 1941, ‘the year that keeps returning,’ as seen from 2018 / quotations / firearms / archive footage / the Odessa massacre / burlesque / dialogues / Isaac Babel / fragmented narrative / ‘Wenn die Soldaten durch die Stadt marschieren’ / trivialization by comparison / barracks jokes / the present past, the past present.
"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians"
"Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari"
59th TIFF: Greek Premiere
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- Direction: Radu Jude
- Script: Radu Jude
- Cinematography: Marius Panduru
- Editing: Cătălin Cristuțiu
- Sound: Dana Bunescu
- Actors: Ioana Iacob, Alexandru Dabija, Alex Bogdan, Ilinca Manolache, Șerban Pavlu, Ion Rizea
- Production: Hi Film Productions
- Producers: Ada Solomon
- Co-production: Endorfilm, Les Films d'ici, KLAS Film, Komplizen Film, ZDF/ARTE, TVR
- Co-producers: Jiří Konečný, Serge Lalou, Claire Dornoy, Rossitsa Valkanova, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade
- Art Direction: Iuliana Vîlsan
- Costumes: Iuliana Vîlsan
- Make Up: Petya Simeonova
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Romania, Czech Republic, France, Bulgaria, Germany
- Production Year: 2018
- Duration: 139΄
- Contact: Beta Cinema, beta@betacinema.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Crystal Globe, Europa Cinemas Label Award – Karlovy Vary IFF (2018) Golden Barge – Vukovar IFF 2018
Radu Jude
Radu Jude is a Romanian director and screenwriter. His feature debut, The Happiest Girl in the World (2009), was selected for over 50 international film festivals. He went on to direct critically acclaimed films such as Everybody in Our Family (2012), Aferim! (2015), Scarred Hearts (2016), I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (2018), and Uppercase Print (2020), all of which received numerous awards worldwide. In 2021, his film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World received the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival in 2023. His latest feature, Kontinental ’25, a low-budget independent production, was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the 2025 Berlinale.
Filmography
2009 The Happiest Girl in the World
2012 Everybody in Our Family
2015 Aferim!
2016 Scarred Hearts
2018 I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2020 Uppercase Print
2021 Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
2023 Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
2025 Kontinental ’25
2025 Dracula
2012 Everybody in Our Family
2015 Aferim!
2016 Scarred Hearts
2018 I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2020 Uppercase Print
2021 Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
2023 Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
2025 Kontinental ’25
2025 Dracula
