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  • Zingara (1913)
  • Short | 24 min | Short, Drama
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Zingara (1913)
Short | 24 min | Short, Drama
Marinka is the queen of a Romany tribe. With her people she camps on the estate of the wealthy Count Paul, The latter is struck by her beauty. He asks for the flowers she wears, and is told that if he wants them he must come and get them. ...See moreMarinka is the queen of a Romany tribe. With her people she camps on the estate of the wealthy Count Paul, The latter is struck by her beauty. He asks for the flowers she wears, and is told that if he wants them he must come and get them. On horseback they race through the forest groves. When he overtakes her and reaches for the flowers she bites him severely on the hand. Piqued and enraged, the count demands of the gypsies that she he made to apologize or else they will be expelled from his grounds. Coerced by necessity, Marinka with several of her band comes to the count's castle and none too graciously apologizes. The count chaffs her upon being afraid to come alone, whereupon she defiantly says she will return unaccompanied when the count's companions have gone. This she does. The count's ingratiating manners win the gypsy's wild heart. He struggles for a kiss. She is about to yield to this wish when she remembers the prophecy concerning her, that "whom shall first kiss Marinka, the unkissed, shall die before sunset and that upon her people shall come malediction and desolation." Outside is watching Baschir, a gypsy admirer, who, madly jealous, runs away to the tribe and tells that Marinka has delivered them unto the penalty of the fateful kiss. When the queen comes from the count's mansion she is seized by the gypsies and hurried away to imprisonment. She is condemned to death by burning at the stake. In the morning from his tower the count and his companions about to go hunting see the gypsy caravan hurrying across the fields. Wondering at this sudden departure, the count upon them trains his powerful field glasses. As his eyes rove the distant fields he sees Marinka tied to a post, and Baschir, torch in hand, pressing his profane lips upon the fated ones of Marinka of the prophecy. Dashing to their horses the count and his party gallop to the scene in time to save Marinka from the cruel forks of flame which all about her are stabbing redly. Her lips freed from the awful curse, the queen yields them to Paul in gratitude and love. Meanwhile the gypsies, to cut off pursuit, are destroying the bridges behind them. As Baschir wields his axe on the last planking his foot slips, and with the debris of the wrecked bridge he slips into the water to his death. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Oct 3, 1913
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Nov 1913 (United States)

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