The Thistles of The Bărăgan (1957)
Drama
Rumania's entry in the 1958 Cannes Film Festival was the excessively melodramatic Ciulinii Bărăganului. 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
Tănase
Dudaca
Costache
Ursu
Matache
Tudorița
Stana
Marin
Boyar
Floarea
Anica
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Director
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Cinematography
Editor
Production Design
Costume Design
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First Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Novel
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