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.В РГУ имени С.А.Есенина проходят «Уроки кино»
Plot In 1908, the Russian film magazine described the plot as follows.«Сине-Фоно» 1908, no 3, p. 11
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.Arina Ranneva, ДРАМА В ТАБОРЕ ПОДМОСКОВНЫХ ЦЫГАН («Драма под Москвою»), citing Khanzhonkov's book Первые годы русской кинематографии , 1937, pp. 21-22.
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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