Watch The Thistles of The Bărăgan (1957) Online

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. Read More

Watch The Thistles of The Bărăgan online. Featuring Florin Piersic and Clody Bertola, The Thistles of The Bărăgan is classified as Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 6.6. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Romania and was released on 1957. The Thistles of The Bărăgan was directed by Louis Daquin,Gheorghe Vitanidis,Dinu Cocea. Read Less