Movie: Phalanstery

Top 10 Billed Cast

Liviu Ciulei
Liviu Ciulei

Dinicu Golescu

Adrian Pintea
Adrian Pintea

Theodor Diamant

Mihai Mălaimare
Mihai Mălaimare

Schina

Vasile Nițulescu
Vasile Nițulescu

Mos Paia

Dumitru Rucăreanu
Dumitru Rucăreanu

Romeo Pop
Romeo Pop

Constantin Rășchitor
Constantin Rășchitor

Dan Bubulici
Dan Bubulici

Radu Dunăreanu
Radu Dunăreanu

Aristide Teică
Aristide Teică

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    In the early 19th century the Romanian Theodor Diamant was inspired by the French utopian socialist Charles Fourier and established one of Fourier's "phalansteries" in Rumania. The film dramatizes the origins and demise of this effort, called the "Scaieni Phalanstery (the term is derived from "phalanx" and "monastery"). Among the socio-political commentary that is conveyed throughout, there is an important collusion between the army and the wealthy landowners of the time, and as the film points out in its own way, neither of these groups has ever been convicted of socialist/utopian tendencies.

  • Release Date

    1979-03-19

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

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    Română
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