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Lutarii
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Wikipedia article
'Lutarii' is a 1972 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Emil Loteanu. The movie was a success, particularly in Italy. The film received the Special Jury Award at the San Sebastin International Film Festival in 1972. The film also received the prestigious Spanish San Fedele prize in 1978.
Plot
Toma Alistar is a gifted lutar 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 Hbescu as young Toma
*Jenea Rolko as Toma as a child
*Galina Vodniakaia as old Leanca
*Olga Cmpeanu as young Leanca
*Angelica Iacencu as Leanca as a child
References
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