Happy Gypsies

feature film, Yugoslavia, 1967

DIRECTED BY: Aleksandar Petrović

Happy Gypsies

CAST:
Bekim Fehmiu (Bora),
Olivera Katarina (Lence),
Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović (Mirta),
Gordana Jovanović (Tisa),
Mija Aleksić (Pavle)

SCRIPT:
Aleksandar Petrović

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Tomislav Pinter

MUSIC:
Aleksandar Petrović

EDITING:
Mirjana Mitić

Synopsis:
This classic by Aleksandar Petrović is a story about the lives of Gypsies and their daily struggle for survival, their hopes, loves and freedom. Bora is a married man who falls in love with young Tisa, a girl already engaged to be married to a twelve year old boy. Tisa rejects the marriage because the boy cannot consummate the marriage and elopes with Bora. The couple flees to the mountains and finds a priest who marries them.

color, 94 min