This colourful, music-filled and sensual melodrama based on early stories by Maxim Gorky tells the fatal love story between the beautiful and rebellious girl Rada and the handsome horse thief Zobar. The story is set in early 20th century Bessarabia, now part of Moldova, then belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
dance
horse
eastern europe
musical
beautiful woman
thief
singing
gipsy
austria-hungary
mysterious woman
white horse
horse thief
outdoor
mystical
19th century
nomad
liberty
traditional dancer
1900s
traditional culture
song
romani people
gipsy culture
women