The Thistles of the Bărăgan

Release Date: 1959-04-17

Rating:6.7 / 10(7 votes)

Status: Released

Genres: Drama

Runtime: 116 min

Director: Louis Daquin

Writer: Alexandru Struțeanu

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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