Gypsies (Czech: Cikáni) is a 1922 Czech silent drama film directed by Karl Anton and starring Hugo Svoboda, Olga Augustová and Theodor Pistek.
| Gypsies | |
|---|---|
| Czech | Cikáni |
| Directed by | Karl Anton |
| Written by | Karel Hynek Mácha (novel) Karl Anton |
| Based on | Cikáni 1835 novel by Karel Hynek Mácha |
| Starring | Hugo Svoboda Olga Augustová Theodor Pistek |
| Cinematography | Karol Kopriva |
Production company | AB Film |
| Distributed by | La Tricolore |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Languages | Silent Czech intertitles |
It is an adaptation of the 1835 novel Cikáni by Karel Hynek Mácha. Along with Anton's later silent The May Fairy, it is credited with initiating the tradition of lyricism in Czech cinema.[1]
Plot summary
editA Venetian gondolier looks for his beloved, who a Czech count had taken away and then rejected. Meanwhile the gondolier finds a boy among a group of Roma in Bohemia and the two become wandering musicians.
Cast
edit- Hugo Svoboda as Giacomo
- Olga Augustová as Angelina
- Theodor Pistek as Count Valdemar Lomecký
- Alfons Rasp as son of Valdemar Lomecký
- Julius Czonský as innkeeper
- Bronislava Livia as Lea
- Karel Fiala as Administrator of a manor
- Karel Schleichert as Old Veteran
- Josef Sváb-Malostranský as guest
- Karel Faltys as Napoleon
- Jirina Janderová as Countess Lomecká
- Jindrich Edl as presiding judge
- Frantisek Kudlácek as priest
References
edit- ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 15. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.
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