The Thistles of the Bărăgan

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.

Directed by Louis Daquin

Top cast

Florin Piersic

Tănase

Clody Bertola

Dudaca

Marcel Anghelescu

Ursu

N

Nuță Chirlea

Matache

A

Ana Vlădescu

Tudorița

R

Ruxandra Ionescu

Stana

N

Nicolae Tomazoglu

Marin

M

Mihai Berechet

Boyar

M

Maria Tănase

Floarea

E

Eugenia Eftimie

Anica

I

Iulian Necșulescu

Costache

C

Constantin Țăpîrdea

T

Tudorel Popa

H

Haralambie Polizu

Ernest Maftei

Elena Sereda

Matei Alexandru

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