The Thistles of the Baragan

The Thistles of the Baragan

Ciulinii Baraganului
🎞️ Movie 116 min RO
โ˜… 7.3 /10 1957

Rumania's entry in the 1958 Cannes Film Festival was the excessively melodramatic Ciulinii Barganului. The title translates as Fools of Baragan, 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 Baragun 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

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Nuta Chirlea
Mataké
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Ana Vladescu
Tudoritsa
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Ruxandra Ionescu
Stana
Florin Piersic
Florin Piersic
Tanase
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Nicolae Tomazoglu
Marin
Clody Bertola
Clody Bertola
Dudaca
Marcel Anghelescu
Marcel Anghelescu
Ursu
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Mihai Berechet
Boierul
Benedict Dabija
Benedict Dabija
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Eugenia Eftimie
Anica
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Radu Paladi
Composer
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André Dumaître
Cinematographer