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Released
1979 · FILM

Falansterul

Directed by
Runtime
161 min
Language
RO
Drama

Synopsis

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.

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Principal cast & crew: 13

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Shot by Ion AntonDesigned by Ladislau Labancz

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