Cikáni

A film adaptation of the novella by poet Karel Hynek Mácha – author of the celebrated epic poem "May" – about a Venetian gondolier whose beloved is enticed away by a wealthy foreigner, a Czech count. This dramatic tale of love, revenge and reconciliation was shot in the authentic Venetian environment and the beguiling, enigmatic countryside around Kokořín, where young Mácha himself often used to roam. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)