Gypsy Love
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1938Production year
1938Runtime
82 minCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongFilm state
lost filmOriginal title
Cikánská láskaCzech title
Cikánská láskaEnglish title
Gypsy LoveParallel title
Cikánská láska aneb Útočiště zabloudilýchSynopsis
The prodigal Zdeněk enters the office of the "Homeless shelter" where Mr Morel exhorts him to make a new start in life. Zdeněk decides to go off to live with the Gypsies who are passing by. They have camped on land belonging to an old lady who lives there with her daughter, Zornička, whose father was a Gypsy. Zornička falls in love with Zdeněk, whom the Gypsy girl Gerta hopes to win for herself. After a scandal at a dance, Zornička gloomily chooses to marry the family friend Morel. She becomes a mother but is unhappy. She receives a letter from Zdeněk who has returned home and does not know she is married. Zornička seeks advice from the homeless office, where Morel overhears the whole conversation. He begins to suspect the child is not his and attempts suicide. In desperation Zornička takes the child and jumps into the river with it. The Gypsy Martička sees her and calls for help. Mother and child are saved. Morel has only injured himself with a gunshot and will recover. Zornička realises how much her husband loves him and that he deserves her complete love. (According to promotional material issued at the time the film was made.)
Note
The film materials are believed lost.
Photos
Cast
Theodor Pištěk
starosta
L. Gryner
starostův syn
Máňa Ženíšková
Zornička
Michal Mikotinec
cikán Joska
Ada Pellová-Czivišová
cikánka Gerta
Jan W. Speerger
soukromník Morel
Jiří Hron
Zdeněk
Ella Nollová
babička Zorničky
Lili Regnardová
Martička, Joskova dcerka
Ika Štěpánová
Marie Oliaková
žena ve spolku
Crew and creators
Screenstory
A. K. Klika
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
A. Nečas, Otto Németh
Sound Designer
Otto Németh, A. Nečas
Music
Music Composed by
Music Conducted by
Songs
Nevěř, děvčátko!
Song Composer Josef Stelibský
Píseň pražských zvonů
Song Composer Josef Stelibský
Production info
Original Title
Cikánská láska
Czech Title
Cikánská láska
English Title
Gypsy Love
Parallel Title
Cikánská láska aneb Útočiště zabloudilých
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Film state
lost film
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1938
Production Year
1938
Production specifications
date of censorship 11/1938
withdrawal from distribution 1 June 1940
Premiere
premiere 11/1938 /unsuitable for youths/ (mimopražská kina)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
82 min
Original length in metres
2 320 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Union-Vox
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
