Lăutarii
1972 film
- December 1972 (1972-12)
Running time
Lăutarii (Russian: Лаутары) is a 1972 Soviet romantic musical film directed by Emil Loteanu. The movie was a success, particularly in Italy. The film received the Special Jury Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 1972.[1] The film also received the prestigious Spanish San Fedele prize in 1978.[2]
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
- ^ "20 edition. 1972 Awards 10-19 July". San Sebastián International Film Festival. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Tutti i Premi San Fedele" (in Italian). San Fedele.
External links
- Lăutarii at IMDb
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