Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven

Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven (Russian: Табор уходит в небо, romanized: Tabor ukhodit v nebo, lit. "The Gypsy camp goes to heaven"; also known as Queen of the Gypsies) is a 1975 Soviet romantic drama film by Emil Loteanu, loosely based on short stories "Makar Chudra" and "Old Izergil" by Maxim Gorky. Set in early 20th century Austria-Hungary, the film tells a love story between the Roma girl Rada and the horse thief Zobar of Gorky's early 1892 short story "Makar Chudra" (Russian: Макар Чудра).

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Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven
Original film poster
Directed by	Emil Loteanu
Written by	Maxim Gorky (story) Emil Loteanu
Produced by	Mosfilm
Starring	Svetlana Toma Grigore Grigoriu Barasbi Mulayev Mikhail Shishkov Borislav Brondukov Vasyl Symchych
Cinematography	Sergei Vronsky
Edited by	Nadezhda Vasilyeva
Music by	Eugen Doga
Production company	Mosfilm
Distributed by	Sovexportfilm (US)
Release dates	1975 (1975) 20 October 1976 (1976-10-20) (Toronto Festival of Festivals) April 1979 (1979-04) (U.S.)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian
Box office	64.9 million tickets

It was the most attended movie in the Soviet Union in 1976, with 64.9 million tickets sold.[1][2]