Scene from the film Gypsies
Scene from the film Gypsies
Scene from the film Gypsies
Scene from the film Gypsies
Scene from the film Gypsies
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Gypsies

Direction
Year 
1962
Country
  • Hungary
Runtime
18min 
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A lyrical and yet at the same time passionate ‘situation report’ on the living conditions of Hungarian Gypsies. With this, his first significant work, Sándor Sára, who went on to become one of the most influential figures in Hungarian film as both cinematographer and director, aimed not only to document but also to take a standpoint on this critical topic. The exposition of the film determines the context: newspaper articles and socio-photos reporting on the plight of the Roma, listing numbers and statistics, and in the follow-on Sára depicts the problem through motion pictures.

Details

  • Original Title
    Cigányok
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Sándor Sára
  • Cinematography
    István Gaál
  • Editing
    István Gaál
  • Runtime
    18 min (16-30 min.)
  • Year
    1962
  • Country
    • Hungary
  • Format
    • Black & White
  • Distribution

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