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The Thistles of The Bărăgan (1958)

The Thistles of The Bărăgan (1958)

Drama
Release Date: 1958, May 2
Directors: Louis Daquin
Countries: Romania
Production: Filmstudio București
Cast: Florin Piersic, Mihai Berechet, Iulian Necșulescu, Marcel Anghelescu, Clody Bertola, Nicolae Tomazoglu, Eugenia Eftimie, Nuță Chirlea, Ana Vlădescu, Ruxandra Ionescu, Maria Tănase

Overview:

The title translates as Fools of Bărăgan, in reference to a band of beleaguered feudal Rumanian peasants. But these are no fools: instead, they are fearless freedom fighters, organizing a brave (though foredoomed) revolt against the tyranny of the landowners. The parallels drawn between the people of Bărăgan and Russia's revolutionary leaders are all but impossible to miss. It would have been nice, however, if the story had not been told in such a heavy-handed, spell-it-all-out fashion.