Traces the history of the Gypsies from their origins in India through the twentieth-century, examines their distinctive culture, and discusses how they managed to survive despite enslavement, harassment, and prejudice.
In seventeenth-century England, cousins Emilia and Luka are the only members of their gypsy family to escape imprisonment and must venture out on their own to find six lucky charms that should restore the family's good fortune and set their relatives free.
In France in 1914, young Indiana Jones and his father's assistant Thornton pursue a rare manuscript that may reveal secrets of history involving a medieval king, mysterious gypsies, and a legendary treasure.
Attracted by a gypsy's beautiful lute playing, a group of animals follow him with great affection, even saving his life at a critical time. The story was inspired by Rousseau's painting "The Sleeping Gypsy.".
An old tramp, adopted by three fatherless children when their mother hides them under a bridge on the Seine, finds a home for mother and children and a job for himself.
Six imaginative schoolmates embark on a game in which they pretend to be gypsies, but when one of the boys runs away and takes up with a group of homeless people, the game threatens to become all too real.
Fourteen-year-old Petra, her tin spider Astrophil, and their friends become entangled in the competition for the Roma crown and set out for Prague in hopes of finally finding a cure for Petra's father.