The Thistles of The Bărăgan (1957)
1h 56m
Running Time
January 1, 1957Release Date
The Thistles of The Bărăgan (1957)
1h 56m
Running Time
January 1, 1957Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Clody Bertola
Dudaca
Marcel Anghelescu
Ursu
Nuță Chirlea
Matache
Ruxandra Ionescu
Stana
Ana Vlădescu
Tudorița
Florin Piersic
Tanase
Louis Daquin
Director
Nicolae Tomazoglu
Marin
Panait Istrati
Writer
Mihai Berechet
Boyar
Alexandru Struțeanu
Writer
Maria Tănase
Floarea
Antoine Tudal
Writer
Radu Paladi
Composer
Eugenia Eftimie
Anica
André Dumaître
Cinematographer
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1957
Original NameCiulinii Bărăganului
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
Genres
Wiki.
Ciulinii Bărăganului (The Thistles of the Bărăgan; French: Les Chardons du Baragan) is a 1958 Franco-Romanian film directed by Louis Daquin and Gheorghe Vitanidis, based on a novel of the same title by Panait Istrati.
The film was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.