The Thistles of The Bărăgan (1958)
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.
Director: Louis Daquin
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Florin Piersic as Tănase |
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Clody Bertola as Dudaca |
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Marcel Anghelescu as Ursu |
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Nuță Chirlea as Matache |
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Ana Vlădescu as Tudorița |
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Ruxandra Ionescu as Stana |
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Nicolae Tomazoglu as Marin |
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Mihai Berechet as Boyar |
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Maria Tănase as Floarea |
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Eugenia Eftimie as Anica |
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Iulian Necșulescu as Costache |
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Constantin Țăpîrdea as |
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Tudorel Popa as |
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Haralambie Polizu as |
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Ernest Maftei as |
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Elena Sereda as |
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Matei Alexandru as |
| Directing | Louis Daquin | Director |
| Writing | Antoine Tudal | Dialogue |
| Camera | Iulius Druckmann | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Nicolae Girardi | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Philippe Brun | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Radu Paladi | Music |
| Editing | Eugenia Gorovei | Editor |
| Art | Liviu Popa | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Bortnovschi | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elisabeta Harth | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Gheorghe Vitanidis | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dinu Cocea | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Panait Istrati | Novel |
| Writing | Alexandru Struțeanu | Writer |
| Camera | André Dumaître | Director of Photography |