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La gitanilla (1940)

La gitanilla poster
Directed by
Fernando Delgado
Genre
drama film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young nobleman pretends to be a Gypsy to win the love of a girl raised in a Romani community. Their romance is complicated by secrets about her true origins and the disapproval of those around them.

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What happens

La gitanilla ("the little Gypsy girl") is a 1940 Spanish drama film directed by Fernando Delgado. It is based on the short story "La gitanilla", from the collection Novelas ejemplares by Miguel de Cervantes. It was the third film adaptation of the story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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