Queen of the Gypsies

1976 film by Emil Loteanu

Film · TMDB

6.3

This colourful, music-filled and sensual melodrama based on early stories by Maxim Gorky tells the fatal love story between the beautiful and rebellious girl Rada and the handsome horse thief Zobar. The story is set in early 20th century Bessarabia, now part of Moldova, then belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Released: 1976-04-050 minDir: Emil LoteanuRomance, Drama

Stream on: Okko, Kinopoisk

Cast

Svetlana Toma as Rada
Grigore Grigoriu as Zobar
Ion Sandri Scurea as Siladi
Pavel Andreychenko as Talimon
Sergiu Finiti as Bubulia
Lyalya Chyornaya as old gipsy woman

Themes

dance
gypsy
horse

~5 min read

Article

Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven (Russian: Табор уходит в небо, romanized: Tabor ukhodit v nebo, lit. "The Gypsy camp goes to heaven"; also known as Queen of the Gypsies) is a 1975 Soviet romantic drama film by Emil Loteanu, loosely based on short stories "Makar Chudra" and "Old Izergil" by Maxim Gorky. Set in early 20th century Austria-Hungary, the film tells a love story between the Roma girl Rada (Svetlana Toma) and the horse thief Loiko Zobar (Grigore Grigoriu).

It was the most attended movie in the Soviet Union in 1976, with 64.9 million tickets sold.