Nicolae Breban 12 August 1969, he was elected a substitute member of the Central Committee. Beginning with issue no. 20 of 14 May 1970, he was editor-in-chief of the literary review "România literară", around which he attracted some of Romania's most important writers. In 1971, the première of the movie "Printre colinele verzi/Among the Green Hills" (written and directed by Nicolae Breban), the film version of "Sick Animals", took place. The communist authorities were quite annoyed by this movie, but it was nevertheless included in the official selection for the International Festival of Cannes. While in Paris, Nicolae Breban remained shocked by
Agriculture in Communist Czechoslovakia Agriculture in Communist Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia was a socialist country from 1948 till the Velvet Revolution of 1989. Those who did not comply with its diktats were punished. Hundreds of people were executed in show trials. 95% of all privately owned companies were nationalised. 95% of farms were nationalized. No one could own more than 50 hectares of land. Collectivization worked for some but not others. Larger farms were organized on 3 levels of hierarchy which actually reduced worker participation in decision making. Younger workers left for better jobs in the cities and productivity fell. Reforms in the 1970s saw more