The Thistles of The Bărăgan

Overview

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

Florin Piersic

Tănase

Clody Bertola

Dudaca

Marcel Anghelescu

Ursu

Nuță Chirlea

Matache

Ana Vlădescu

Tudorița

Ruxandra Ionescu

Stana

Nicolae Tomazoglu

Marin

Mihai Berechet

Boyar

Maria Tănase

Floarea

Eugenia Eftimie

Anica