''Gypsies'' (Czech: ''Cikáni'') is a 1922 Czech silent

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directed by

Karl Anton Karl Anton or Karel Anton (25 October 1898 12 April 1979) was a Bohemian-born German film director, screenwriter and film producer. Biography He was born in Prague on 25 October 1898. His father Wilhelm Anton (1861–1918) was a physician. An ...

and starring Hugo Svoboda, Olga Augustová and Theodor Pistek. It is an adaptation of the 1835 novel ''

Cikáni ''Cikáni'' (in English ''Gypsies'') is an 1835 novel written by Czech poet Karel Hynek Mácha with typical tokens of Romanticism: old castles, night scenery and a romantic complicated plot. It is Mácha's only completed novel. Plot The scener ...

'' by

Karel Hynek Mácha Karel Hynek Mácha () (16 November 1810 – 5 November 1836) was a Czech romantic poet. Biography Mácha grew up in Prague, the son of a foreman at a mill. He learned Latin and German in school. He went on to study law at Prague University; du ...

. Along with Anton's later silent '' The May Fairy'', it is credited with initiating the tradition of

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Plot summary

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 Karel Fiala (3 August 1925 – 3 October 2020) was a Czech operatic tenor and film actor. He was known for his work in operettas and musicals, but received worldwide attention for his portrayal of Mozart's Don Giovanni in the film ''Amadeus''. B ...

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

References

External links

* * Czech silent films Czech drama films 1922 drama films Films directed by Karl Anton Czech black-and-white films Silent drama films 1920s Czech-language films {{1920s-CzechRepublic-film-stub