''Lăutarii'' (russian: Лаутары) is a 1972
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
romantic drama film
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directed by
Emil Loteanu
Emil Vladimirovich Loteanu (6 November 1936 – 18 April 2003) was a Romanian-Soviet film director born in what is now Moldova. He moved to Moscow in his early life. His best known films are '' Lăutarii'', '' Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven'', '' A ...
. The movie was a success, particularly in Italy. The film received the Special Jury Award at the
San Sebastián International Film Festival
The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; es, Festival Internacional de San Sebastián, eu, Donostia Zinemaldia) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in ...
in 1972. The film also received the prestigious Spanish San Fedele prize in 1978.
Plot
Toma Alistar is a gifted
lăutar who works as the leader of a traveling gypsy band, wandering the steppes of the mid-nineteenth century
Bessarabia. He is a skilled violinist whose fame takes him on tours around European capitals and royal courts. He falls madly in love with the beautiful gypsy Leanca. However, she is marrying a rich Hungarian. Toma spends the rest of life and his fortunes in a desperate search for her. And only before his death he meets an old gypsy woman in whom he recognizes his one true love.
Cast
*Sergei Lunchevici as Toma Alistar
*Dumitru Hăbășescu as young Toma
*Jenea Rolko as Toma as a child
*Galina Vodniațkaia as old Leanca
*Olga Câmpeanu as young Leanca
*Angelica Iașcencu as Leanca as a child
References
External links
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1972 films
1972 romantic drama films
Soviet romantic drama films
Russian romantic drama films
Soviet-era Moldovan films
Moldovan drama films
1970s Romanian-language films
Films about violins and violinists
Fictional representations of Romani people
Films directed by Emil Loteanu
1970s Soviet films
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