Lăutarii

Lăutarii
Film poster
Directed by	Emil Loteanu
Produced by	N. Paliy
Written by	Emil Loteanu
Music by	Eugen Doga Isidor Burdin
Cinematography	Vitali Kalashnikov
Edited by	V. Slavich-Dimitriu
Production company	Moldova Film
Distributed by	International Film Exchange (IFEX)
Release dates	2 April 1973 (1973-04-02)
Running time	141 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Romanian

Lăutarii (Russian: Лаутары) 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 Sebastián International Film Festival in 1972.^[1] The film also received the prestigious Italian San Fedele prize in 1978.^[2]

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 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 getting married to 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 Lunkevich – as Toma Alistar
• Dumitru Hãbãsescu – as young Toma
• Jenea Rolko – Toma as a child
• Galina Vodnyatskaya – old Leanca
• Olga Câmpeanu – young Leanca
• Angelica Iascencu – Leanca as a child

References

External links

• Lăutarii at the Internet Movie Database