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.
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Plot summary
A 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
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
