A murdered fiancé, a framed gypsy, and a fortune teller who actually knows things.
Anika is the most beautiful girl of her clan and has for pretenders the gypsy Sandor and the rich Féry. When Féry is assassinated, Sandor is accused of the murder. Anika, with the help of a fortune teller decides to find out what happened.
Costume
Madeleine Sologne's wardrobe—every outfit is a declaration.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched 1940s atmosphere that screams impending doom.
Director
Alfred Rode
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dual-directed by a circus performer (Rode) and a German émigré (Reinert), explaining the film's weird tension between spectacle and restraint.
Made during the German occupation of France, the Roma-coded Sandor as romantic hero was quietly radical—marginalized identity framed as desirable, not threatening.
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