The Thistles of the Bărăgan (1959)
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.
Cast
Florin Piersic
Tănase
Clody Bertola
Dudaca
Marcel Anghelescu
Ursu
Ernest Maftei
Elena Sereda
Matei Alexandru
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