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.
Liviu Ciulei
as Dinicu Golescu
Adrian Pintea
as Theodor Diamant
Mihai Mălaimare
as Schina
Vasile Nițulescu
as Mos Paia
Dumitru Rucăreanu
as
Romeo Pop
as
Constantin Rășchitor
as
Dan Bubulici
as
Radu Dunăreanu
as
Aristide Teică
as
Mircea Veroiu
as
Remus Mărgineanu
as
