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.
Savel Știopul
Director

Liviu Ciulei
Dinicu Golescu

Julieta Szönyi
Catita

Adrian Pintea
Theodor Diamant

Mihai Mălaimare
Schina
Vasile Nițulescu
Mos Paia

Dumitru Rucăreanu
Romeo Pop
Constantin Rășchitor
Dan Bubulici
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Beast61%
Jimmy's Hall67%
Man with No Past64%
All Eyez on Me67%
The Unforgivable74%
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada68%
Flyboys65%
Girl in the Box67%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Suffragette71%
The Hill76%
Field of Lost Shoes61%
Walking with the Enemy62%
Dalíland59%
The Congress64%
The Truth About Emanuel59%
TalhotBlond63%
Hounddog64%
Worth67%