Ciulinii Bărăganului
Released on Tue, January 1, 1957
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.
Clody Bertola
as Dudaca
Marcel Anghelescu
as Ursu
Nuță Chirlea
as Matache
Ana Vlădescu
as Tudorița
Ruxandra Ionescu
as Stana
Nicolae Tomazoglu
as Marin
Mihai Berechet
as Boyar