The Thistles of The Bărăgan
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View on VideBits →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 & crew
Ana Vlădescu · Clody Bertola · Eugenia Eftimie · Florin Piersic · Marcel Anghelescu · Maria Tănase · Mihai Berechet · Nicolae Tomazoglu · Nuță Chirlea · Ruxandra Ionescu · Louis Daquin · Alexandru Struțeanu