Romani people in fiction
Film
Romani characters are frequently depicted in werewolf films, including Maleva the fortuneteller (Maria Ouspenskaya) in The Wolf Man and the Romani clan of female werewolves in Cry of the Werewolf.

Romani people in fiction

Section Title: Film
Table Section Text: Romani characters are frequently depicted in werewolf films, including Maleva the fortuneteller (Maria Ouspenskaya) in The Wolf Man and the Romani clan of female werewolves in Cry of the Werewolf.

Year	Title	Country	Notes

2011	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	US	Dir. : Guy Ritchie. Madam Simza (Sim) Heron - 'a mysterious Gypsy' of the French Romanies or Manouche.

2010	The Wolfman	US	Romani fortune-teller.

2009	Drag Me to Hell	US	Dir. : Sam Raimi.

2009	Freedom	France	A Romani family travels the French roads during the Second World War. They learn that a new law forbids them from being nomadic.

2008	Khamsa	France	The main character, Marco/Khamsa is half-Romani, half-Algerian. Most of the main characters are his Romani relatives, who live together in a camp in the city.

2008	Filth and Wisdom	UK Ukraine	Ukrainian Rom lives in London

2008	Stone of Destiny	UK	Scottish nationalists bury the Stone of Scone in a field. They return to find a Romanichal camp, and one barters with the Romany leader for the stone.

2006	Children of Men	UK US	Features a gypsy woman called Marichka in the refugee camp. At one point when she is trying to help the mother and baby escape, Marichka and the woman engage in a tug of war with the baby, recalling the stereotype of gypsies stealing babies.

2006	Transylvania	France	Italian girl pursues a gypsy violinist across Europe.

2006	The Indian and the Nurse	Czech Republic	Romani nurse and non-Rom in love.

2005	Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa	Japan	Romani character Noa is pursued by Nazis.

2003	Japigia Gagi Roma Stories	Italy	documentary by Giovanni Princigalli who lived one year in an illegal camp of Roms of Romania emigrated in Italy

2003	Holes	US	Romani friend.

2001	Gypsy Woman	UK	Starring Jack Davenport and Neve McIntosh.

2001	Swing	France Japan	Max becomes friends with Swing, a boyish Romani girl, who shows him nature and takes him to exuberant music evenings.

2000	Chocolat	UK France	Johnny Depp plays Rom love interest of mysterious chocolatier Juliette Binoche.

2000	Vengo	Spain France Germany Japan	Two Romany families locked in an age-old struggle for power.

2000	The Man Who Cried	UK France	Johnny Depp portrays Rom in France.

2000	Gitano	Spain	Romani central characters.

1998	Train de Vie	France et al	A group of fleeing Jews meet up with a large group of Roma.

1998	Black Cat, White Cat	Serbia	Romani central characters.

1998	The Red Violin	Canada	The Romani takes the red violin across Europe from Vienna to Oxford over a century.

1997	Gadjo dilo	France	French lives with Romanies in Romania.

1997	The Hunchback	New Zealand	TV adaptation.

1996	Thinner	US	Man cursed by Romanies after killing one.

1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	US	Animated adaptation.

1995	Haunted	UK	Starring Aidan Quinn and Kate Beckinsale, an old Romanichal fortune reads the palms of two characters.

1993	Latcho Drom	France	The journey of the Romani people told through musicians and dancers of India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungry, Slovakia, France and Spain.

1992	Bram Stoker's Dracula	US	Dracula's henchmen are gypsies.

1988	Time of the Gypsies	Yugoslavia	Telekinetic Romani in realistic community at home, and in Italy.

1988	The Raggedy Rawney	UK	Starring Dexter Fletcher and Zoë Wanamaker, about a young soldier who falls in with a gypsy camp.

1986	Tras el cristal	Spain	Dir.: Agustí Villaronga.

1983	Angelo My Love	US	All-Romani cast; dir.: Robert Duvall.

1982	Corre, gitano	Spain	Romanies from Granada and Seville.

1982	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	UK US	TV adaptation.

1979	Tsigan	USSR	Romani's child was adopted by a Russian woman; after 17 years, a single old Romani man appears in the village and gains the respect and love of the boy, disturbing the peace of the family (Цыган).

1978	King of the Gypsies	US	Gypsies in New York City come into conflict with modernity as they use ancient traditions to select their new king. Starring: Judd Hirsch, Eric Roberts, Susan Sarandon, and Brooke Shields.

1977	Count Dracula	UK	Dracula's henchmen are gypsies.

1976	Rosy Dreams	Czechoslovakia	Romani and non-Romani lovers, societies.

1975	Tabor ukhodit v Nebo	USSR	Free-spirited Gypsy central characters; US title: Queen of the Gypsies. Loosely based on short stories ("Makar Chudra" and "Old Izergil") by Maxim Gorky.

1970	Count Dracula	Spain Italy Germany UK	Dracula's henchmen are gypsies.

1967	I Even Met Happy Gypsies	Yugoslavia	Realistic Romani central characters.

1966	Sky West and Crooked	UK	Inspired by the novel The Gypsy and the Gentleman by D. H.

1963	From Russia with Love	UK	James Bond in Gypsy camp in Turkey.

1961	Babes in Toyland	US	Musical.

1958	Touch of Evil	US	Romani fortune-teller.

1950	Gone to Earth	UK	Romani love interest.

1949	Black Magic	US Italy	Romani character Balsamo in France.

1949	The Queen of Spades	UK	Russian gypsies.

1948	The Loves of Carmen	US	Rita Hayworth is Carmen.

1948	Secret Beyond the Door	US	Mexican gypsies.

1947	Golden Earrings	US	Marlene Dietrich is Hungarian Gypsy in Germany

1946	Caravan	UK	American marries Gypsy in Spain.

1944	House of Frankenstein	US	Romani love interest.

1944	Cry of the Werewolf	US	Romani werewolves.

1944	Gypsy Wildcat	US	Romani love interest.

1943	For Whom the Bell Tolls	US	Romani character Rafael in Spain.

1943	Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man	US	Romani fortune-teller.

1941	The Wolf Man	US	Romani fortune-teller.

1939	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	US	Sound adaptation.

1937	Heidi	US	German gypsies.

1936	The Bohemian Girl	US	Comedy.

1935	The Bride of Frankenstein	US	The Monster tries to get some food from gypsies.

1934	Caravan	US	Romani love interest.

1931	The Speckled Band	UK	Mystery.

1927	The Unknown	US	Romani love interest.

1923	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	US	Romani woman Esmeralda helps the Hunchback.

1915	Carmen	US	Geraldine Farrar is Carmen.

1913	The Student of Prague	German Empire	Romani love interest.

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I Even Met Happy Gypsies in 1967 is a realistic romani film.

final_sentence: I Even Met Happy Gypsies in 1967 is a realistic romani film.