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[In a Gypsy Camp Near Moscow]
Also known as In a Gypsy Camp Near Moscow in the United Kingdom and in the USA : [Drama in a Gypsy Camp Near Moscow]
(1908) Russia
B&W : Short film
Directed by Vladimir Siversen

Cast: (unknown)

A. Khanzhonkov and E. Osh Company production. / Cinematography by Vladimir Siversen. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The cast is made up of gypsies from a camp outside Moscow.

Drama.

Synopsis: Two gypsy lovers sneak away from camp at night. The man proposes, the woman refuses. He then murders her with a knife. The body is immediately discovered. The distraught man then leaps off a cliff to the rocks below.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Animals: Horses - Boulders - Camps - Children - Cliffs - Crime: Murder - Death: Suicide - Gypsies - Kissing - Proposals - Tents - Water - Weapons: Knives

Listing updated: 3 June 2009.

References: Film viewing.

Home video: DVD.