''Lăutarii'' () is a 1972

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romantic

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...

directed by

Emil Loteanu Emil Loteanu (6 November 1936 – 18 April 2003) was a Moldovan and Soviet film director born in what is now Republic of Moldova. He moved to Bucharest and Moscow in his early life. His best known films are '' Lăutarii'', '' Gypsies Are Found Ne ...

. The movie was a success, particularly in Italy. The film received the Special Jury Award at the

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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

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. 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

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