The Thistles of the Bărăgan

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The Thistles of the Bărăgan (1959)

Directed by Louis Daquin

Drama · 1h 56m

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.

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Cast

Florin Piersic Tănase Clody Bertola Dudaca Marcel Anghelescu Ursu
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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
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Iulian Necșulescu Costache
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Constantin Țăpîrdea

Crew

Director
Louis Daquin
Writer
Alexandru Struțeanu
Novel
Panait Istrati
Director of Photography
André Dumaître
Editor
Eugenia Gorovei

Details

Original title
Ciulinii Bărăganului
Release date
1959-04-17
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
Drama
Original language
RO
Spoken languages
Romanian
Countries
Romania
Production
Studioul Cinematografic București