Top Cast
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Alexander Granach
Danilo, rich gypsy camp leader
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Nikolai Mordvinov
Yudko, poor gypsy
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Lyalya Chyornaya
Alta, Yudko's daughter
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Mariya Sinelnikova
Tira, Yudko's wife
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Mikhail Yanshin
Ivan Likho, residency instructor
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Fyodor Blazhevich
Timofey Petrovich, kolkhoz chairman
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Pyotr Savin
Senka, stableman
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Yevgeniya Rogulina
Ganna, poultry maid
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Semyon Khmara
Young gypsy
Overview
A Soviet agent tries to win over a band of gypsies to a happy life on a farm co-op.
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