Gypsies in movies
by Ancient_Watcher | created - 16 Sep 2012 | updated - 26 Jan 2017 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Vengo (2000)
90 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Vengo is a majestic ode to the artistry and magic of flamenco dancing, set against the compelling backdrop of two gypsy families locked in an age old struggle for power.
Directors: Tony Gatlif, Cathy Konrad | Stars: Antonio Canales, Orestes Villasan Rodríguez, Antonio Dechent, Bobote
Votes: 2,980 | Gross: $0.12M
2. Time of the Gypsies (1988)
R | 142 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic, Ljubica Adzovic, Husnija Hasimovic
Votes: 32,724 | Gross: $0.28M
3. Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
R | 127 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Matko and his son Zare live on the banks of the Danube river and get by through hustling and basically doing anything to make a living. In order to pay off a business debt Matko agrees to marry off Zare to the sister of a local gangster.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Bajram Severdzan, Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic, Branka Katic, Florijan Ajdini
Votes: 56,416 | Gross: $0.35M
4. Queen of the Gypsies (1976)
101 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Rada, a beautiful and very proud gipsy girl is used to steal men's hearts and monk them. Zobar is a horse thief who's heart is stolen by Rada and his mind is bewitched. He is ready to give up his freedom but not his pride.
Director: Emil Loteanu | Stars: Grigore Grigoriu, Svetlana Toma, Barasbi Mulayev, Ion Sandri Scurea
Votes: 1,819
5. La gitane (1986)
95 min | Comedy
A stuffy bank clerk has his humdrum existence turned upside-down when a free-spirited, larcenous gipsy girl falls in love with him.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Valérie Kaprisky, Martin Lamotte, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 287
6. King of the Gypsies (1978)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama
In the criminal and violent world of modern-day Gypsies based in New York City, their 'king' Zharko Stepanowicz passes his leadership to his unwilling grandson, leaving the skipped father resentful.
Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: Eric Roberts, Judd Hirsch, Susan Sarandon, Sterling Hayden
Votes: 1,412 | Gross: $7.33M
7. Gitano (2000)
106 min | Drama, Thriller
Andres did his time in jail following a false accusation. He doesn't care about revenge, however the unwritten Romani law bounds him to strike back.
Director: Manuel Palacios | Stars: Joaquín Cortés, Laetitia Casta, Marta Belaustegui, Ginés García Millán
Votes: 308
8. Latcho Drom (1993)
103 min | Documentary, Music
The journey of the Romany people told through musicians and dancers of India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain.
Director: Tony Gatlif | Star: La Caita
Votes: 2,145 | Gross: $1.03M
9. The Crazy Stranger (1997)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.
Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Izidor Serban, Ovidiu Balan
Votes: 8,374 | Gross: $0.67M
10. Don Sezar de Bazan (1989 TV Movie)
133 min | Musical, Comedy
The impoverished nobleman and freethinker don César de Bazan was sentenced to death. Before his death, the king's minister, Don José, asks for his favor - to marry a stranger and give her his noble title.
Director: Yan Frid | Stars: Mikhail Boyarskiy, Anna Samokhina, Yuriy Bogatyryov, Natalya Lapina
Votes: 270
11. Le gitan (1975)
102 min | Crime, Drama
Hugo Sennart, a French gypsy, is wanted by the police for theft. Gypsy has a couple of scores to settle and one more little thing to do before he fades into the shadows.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Alain Delon, Paul Meurisse, Annie Girardot, Marcel Bozzuffi
Votes: 1,220
12. Papusza (2013)
G | 131 min | Biography, Drama
The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerzy Ficowski.
Directors: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze | Stars: Jowita Budnik, Zbigniew Walerys, Antoni Pawlicki, Artur Steranko
Votes: 1,417
13. I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)
94 min | Drama
Tensions arise in a Gypsy community when a local feather seller falls in love with a much younger girl.
Director: Aleksandar Petrovic | Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Katarina, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Mija Aleksic
Votes: 2,608
14. Angelo My Love (1983)
R | 115 min | Drama
Step into the world of gypsy life. Come meet Angelo and his family. See the gypsy court system. A gypsy wedding where a boy's family pays for his wife. Come see the gypsy lifestyle, how they live, how they love family.
Director: Robert Duvall | Stars: Angelo Evans, Michael Evans, Ruthie Evans, Tony Evans
Votes: 249
15. Katitzi (1979– )
Family
The gypsy girl Katitzi is eight years old and lives in an orphanage. One day, her father unexpectedly comes and fetches her to the family, consisting of three older siblings and her father's new wife.
Stars: Sema Sari, Meryem Özkanat, Janne Carlsson, Angelina Amico
Votes: 56
16. Kizzy (1976)
25 min | Drama, Family
A sheltered gypsy girl finds it hard to adapt to life at a mainstream British school.
Stars: Vanessa Furst, Anne Ridler, Melissa Docker, John Welsh
Votes: 96
17. Traveller (1997)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A man joins a group of nomadic con artists in rural North Carolina.
Director: Jack N. Green | Stars: Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, Julianna Margulies, James Gammon
Votes: 2,312 | Gross: $0.50M
18. When the Road Bends... Tales of a Gypsy Caravan (2006)
Unrated | 110 min | Documentary, Music
A brief look into Romani culture and Rom (Gypsies) from around the globe as five famous Romani groups tour the USA. The film visits their families at home in Spain, India, Macedonia and Romania.
Director: Jasmine Dellal | Stars: Maharaja, Esma Redzepova, Taraf de Haidouks, Antonio El Pipa
Votes: 488 | Gross: $0.44M
19. Gypsy Woman (2001)
84 min | Romance
At first sparks fly when a beautiful gypsy widow and a lawyer widower meet. He later tries to get her to sign a settlement concerning the death of her husband and in the process they get to know each other better as do their daughters.
Director: Sheree Folkson | Stars: Jack Davenport, Jack Warren, Neve McIntosh, Julian Wadham
Votes: 276
20. Wahiba malikat al-ghagar (1951)
110 min | Drama
"Wahiba - Queen of the Gypsies" - dancing, music, exoticism and forbidden pleasures.
Director: Niazi Mostafa | Stars: Kouka, Saad Abdel Wahab, Abdel Hamid Bodaoha, Sophie Dimitry
21. Queen of the Gypsies (2004)
80 min
Biography of the greatest Romani flamenco dancer, Carmen Amaya. Contains archival dance clips, interviews with family, scholars, friends and former company members, as well as vintage photos and original music.
Director: Jocelyn M. Ajami | Star: Carmen Amaya
Votes: 20
22. The Wind Is My Lover (1949)
Approved | 63 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 14th Century Sweden, when Lorld Erland Maneskold marries Singoalla, a gypsy, he abandons his worldly possessions. The gypsies, who meanwhile have stolen the Maneskold treasure, want the ... See full summary »
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Viveca Lindfors, Alf Kjellin, Edvin Adolphson, Lauritz Falk
Votes: 113
23. Carmen (I) (1915)
Not Rated | 59 min | Drama
In order to help her smuggler kinsmen, a sultry gypsy seduces and corrupts an officer of the Civil Guard turning him into a traitor and murderer.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid, Pedro de Cordoba, Horace B. Carpenter
Votes: 1,081 | Gross: $0.15M
24. Der Zigeunerbaron (1975)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Director: Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Stars: Wolfgang Brendel, Hans Kraemmer, Siegfried Jerusalem, Ivan Rebroff
Votes: 21
25. Der Zigeunerbaron (1962)
103 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
The young Sandor comes to Timisoara and immediately takes on the pig farmer Zsupan to help the gypsy girl Saffi. As a result, he has bad cards when he spontaneously falls in love with ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Wilhelm | Stars: Carlos Thompson, Heidi Brühl, Willy Millowitsch, Danièle Gaubert
Votes: 37
26. The Gypsy Baron (1954)
105 min | Musical
Sandor Barinkay returns from the Hungarian war against the Turks to the house of his father. Full of energy and ambition, he wishes to rebuild the land destroyed in the fighting.
Director: Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Stars: Paul Hörbiger, Gerhard Riedmann, Margit Saad, Karl Schönböck
Votes: 25
27. Travellers (2011)
84 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Four friends set out on a motorcycle adventure weekend, clocking up miles in an attempt to outrun their age and urban lifestyles. After bartering with a local land owner for a place to set ... See full summary »
Director: Kris McManus | Stars: Shane Sweeney, Tom Geoffrey, Alex Edwards, Celia Muir
Votes: 561
28. Badjao: The Sea Gypsies (1957)
TV-PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala-amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe.... See full summary »
Director: Lamberto V. Avellana | Stars: Rosa Rosal, Tony Santos, Leroy Salvador, Joseph De Cordova
Votes: 59
29. Freedom (2009)
111 min | Drama, War
A Gypsy family travels the French roads during the Second World War, followed by Little Claude, a young boy seeking a new family after his parents "left and never returned". Upon reaching a... See full summary »
Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Marc Lavoine, Marie-Josée Croze, James Thierrée, Mathias Laliberté
Votes: 1,403 | Gross: $0.01M
30. Swing (I) (2002)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Max is on holiday at his grandmother's place in the Elzas in France. He's fascinated by the guitar playing of gypsy Miraldo. In exchange for writing letters to the social security ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Oscar Copp, Lou Rech, Tchavolo Schmitt, Mandino Reinhardt
Votes: 1,074
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