Many emphasize their supposed mystical powers. Romani often appear in Fiction as nomads or a sort of supernatural '' Deus Ex Machina ''.
Literary representations include:
Romani in other media include:
- Marlene Dietrich stars in '' Golden Earrings '' (1947) as a Rom whose clan aids British agent Ray Milland escape from the Nazis during World War II .
- The Chilean Telenovela ''Romané'' features the life of the Romani in the north of Chile.
- Serbian director Emir Kusturica often used the Romani community as basis of his films.
- Gadjo dilo written and directed by Tony Gatlif . Stéphane, a young French man from Paris, travels to Romania. He is looking for the singer Nora Luca, he had heard on cassette, and whom his father had heard all the time before his death.
- Noa, of the movie , is a Roma whom the main character befriends. She is persecuted because of her ethnic identity and clairvoyance abilities.
- Roma characters are frequently depicted in Werewolf films, including Maleva the fortuneteller ( Maria Ouspenskaya ) in '' The Wolf Man '' and the Roma clan of female werewolves in '' Cry Of The Werewolf ''.
- Philip Pullman 's '' His Dark Materials '' trilogy features a nomadic race called the '' Gyptians ''. Gyptians are roughly the equivalent of Gypsies in our universe, with the exception that they use Narrowboats in place of Caravans . Throughout the books they are portrayed as good and kindly people.
- Jacqueline Carey 's Kushiel's Legacy series of fantasy novels includes the Tsingani , based on the Roma.
- In the 2006 film , the main character Borat Sagdiyev claims to have been a "gypsy hunter" at one point back in his home country, Khazakstan . He also wears a vial of gypsy tears around his neck, to protect himself from AIDS .
- In 2002 the WB television series '' Charmed '' aired the episode " The Eyes Have It " which explained Gypsies to be distant relatives to modern day witches. Much like the star witches in the series Gypsies possess supernatural powers and pass down family Books Of Shadows .
- On the television series '' Buffy The Vampire Slayer '', Gypsies place a curse on the vampire Angelus to punish him for the murder of one of their tribe, by restoring his human soul (and by extension, his conscience) and forcing him to feel guilt for his crimes.
- The videogame '''' features Roma characters Kalderasha, named after the Kalderash , and his daughter Valentina.
- The Robert Duvall film '' Angelo My Love ''.
- In '' The Andy Griffith Show '', episode 183 in the sixth season is titled "The Gypsies". A family of Gypsies (one of whom is played by Jamie Farr ) places a curse on the town of Mayberry .
- In the '' Star Wars New Jedi Order '' series of books, the Ryn race are inspired by the Roma.
- A 2007 episode of the television series '' House '' features a Rom patient and family.
- In '' Train De Vie '', a group of fleeing Jews meet up with a large group of Roma.
- Several of Emir Kusturica 's movies are about Roma. For instance, '' Time Of The Gypsies '' and '' Black Cat, White Cat ''.
- The FX network's television series, The Riches , follows the life of a Gypsy family that assumes the identity of an upper-class American family.
- In the Horror , the Ravnos clan has Rom roots.
- Meggan of the Marvel comics superhero team Excalibur was born to a band of Roma wandering through England. She was expelled when they saw that she was a Shapeshifter , and believed her to be a demon.
- In the anime '' Cowboy Bebop '', the character Faye Valentine claims to be one of the Roma people, though this is later dispelled through her own personal flashbacks, and video of Faye as a child where she is shown as being from a very wealthy family. Also, her time in cryogenic stasis wiped out much of Faye's childhood memory. Her very name was given to her by the doctors who woke her from her sleep.
- Johnny Depp 's character Caesar in the film '' The Man Who Cried '' is a Gypsy
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