The Thistles of The Bărăgan

Release Date: 1957-01-01

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.

Rating: 6.3 / 10

Cast

Florin Piersic

as Tănase

Clody Bertola

as Dudaca

Marcel Anghelescu

as Ursu

Nuță Chirlea

as Matache

Ana Vlădescu

as Tudorița