Gypsies
About Gypsies
A Roma camp splits. The older camp driver, Danilo, has a rival who wants the band to settle. A collective-farm chairman is part of that argument. The Russian title, Последний табор, means The Last Camp.
Cast & crew
More about Gypsies
Moisei Goldblat directed with Yevgeny Schneider, according to the Russian Wikipedia entry on Goldblat, at the Gorky studio with players from the Indo-Romen theatre. Wikidata dates the release 2 March 1936 and names the company Mezhrabpom-Film. IMDb times it at 85 minutes. Lyalya Chyornaya, already known for a nationally popular romance, leads the Indo-Romen group in the cast.
Themes
Background
The argument in the camp is whether Roma should leave the road for a collective farm.
Preservation
Wikimedia Commons holds a copy filed as Последний табор.
Notes
- Alexander Granach plays Danilo. Nikolai Mordvinov plays Yudko. Mikhail Yanshin plays Ivan Likho.
- Mariya Sinelnikova plays Tira. Fyodor Blazhevich plays the collective-farm chairman.
- Goldblat was artistic director of the Indo-Romen studio until 1936.
- Other titles include Ciganski zakon.
- A copy is on Wikimedia Commons under the 1935 form of the Russian title.
Scenes
- Danilo and the younger camp faction argue over giving up the road.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Последний табор)
