GYPSIES

Duration: 85min

Creator: Brandon Films, Inc

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: Produced in Moscow and 35mm distributed by Artkino. "Gypsies' tells about the efforts of a member of the Soviet government to try to get the band of nomads to whom he has been assigned to settle down and become collective farmers. Load to them is their freedom, the gypsies listen patiently to the government representative and gratefully take the food given them by the authorities, but make no real effort to give up their wandering life." N.Y. World-Telegram.

Complete Record: Dewey number: 914.7 Audience level: sh-c-adult Review source: "While presented in plot form, the piece is only effective as propaganda, although its performance is theatrical enough since the cast includes chiefly professional actors. But it lacks the warmth and humour that tradition attaches to it, and the emphasis laid on the Kolkhoiz (Collectivists) in their reform of the wandering nomads strips it of even elementary enchantment." N.Y. Herald-Tribune. Format/cost: 16-sd-$400 Distributors / rental: Brandon Films, Inc

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946