Phalanstery

movie

In the early 19th century the Romanian Theodor Diamant was inspired by the French utopian socialist Charles Fourier and established one of Fourier's "phalansteries" in Rumania. The film dramatizes the origins and demise of this effort, called the "Scaieni Phalanstery (the term is derived from "phalanx" and "monastery"). Among the socio-political commentary that is conveyed throughout, there is an important collusion between the army and the wealthy landowners of the time, and as the film points out in its own way, neither of these groups has ever been convicted of socialist/utopian tendencies.

Cast & crew

Savel Știopul · Adrian Pintea · Vasile Nițulescu · Liviu Ciulei · Dumitru Rucăreanu · Julieta Szönyi · Radu Dunăreanu · Mihai Mălaimare · Constantin Rășchitor · Dan Bubulici · Romeo Pop