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Drama in a Gypsy Camp near Moscow

Drama in a Gypsy Camp near Moscow () is a 1909 Russian black and white silent short film directed and written by Vladimir Siversen. Only a fragment survived, without subtitles.

Plot

In 1908, the Russian film magazine ' described the plot as follows.

History

Khanzhonkov wrote that the film was planned to be "the first Russian everyday drama". For authenticity, the real gypsy camp was used, without props. However the film suffered from poor acting of the gypsies in front of the camera.

References

Further reading

Rachel Morley, Performing Femininity: Woman as Performer in Early Russian Cinema, Russian translation: Изображая женственность: женщина как артистка в раннем русском кино, pp.76-82

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