The Thistles of The Bărăgan (Ciulinii Bărăganului) 67 years old

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.

Credits

The Thistles of The Bărăgan Cast

Name	Character
Florin Piersic He was 20, now 88 years old	as Tănase
Clody Bertola She was 43, 94 years old when she died	as Dudaca

The Thistles of The Bărăgan Crew

Name	Department
Louis Daquin as Director. He was 48 (72) years old when He died	Directing