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Gypsies (1922)

Gypsies poster
Original title
Cikáni
Directed by
Karl Anton
Genre
drama film
Country
Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Czech silent drama from 1922. It tells a story based on a classic novel about people and their lives. The film is known for a poetic and lyrical style.

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What happens

Gypsies (Czech: Cikáni) is a 1922 Czech silent drama film directed by Karl Anton and starring Hugo Svoboda, Olga Augustová and Theodor Pistek. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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