The circus has arrived in a small town. The show is unsuccessful until the appearance of the beautiful dancer Anita, a gipsy. Sluka, the versatile artist of the group, recognises her talent and she becomes his pupil. Anita's exotic beauty captivates the wealthy Mr Regner who begins to court her and finds the circus an engagement in Prague. Anita is also worshipped by the young doctor Pavel Duras with whom Anita falls in love. The love story is tainted, however, by Regner's jealousy. Pavel believes that Anita has sold herself to the wealthy entrepreneur and he leaves her. The young woman is at her wits' end and seeks oblivion in drugs. During one of her performances she catches sight of Pavel in the audience with another girl and she faints. She wakes up in hospital. Anita recovers and is told that Pavel's companion at the show was his sister Zdena. He could not have stopped himself loving Anita.
cikánská tanečnice Anita Confetti
MUDr. Pavel Duras
ředitel cirkusu Dyonisius Hloubka
vdova Valerie, majitelka cirkusu
hudebník Sluka
tanečník Burnus
kouzelník Prospero
Prosperova schovanka Vilma
podnikatel Regner
Parma, Regnerův tajemník
artista Martin
taneční mistr
četník
četník
starosta
reportér
inspicient
vrátný v hotelu
cikánka
Jiří Kratina
Ladislav Novák (Peřeje – divadelní hra)
František Suchý
Šlo děvčátko po ulici, Na zemi je smutný květen
R. A. Strejka (Šlo děvčátko po ulici)
Viktor Malcev, Jaroslav Tyc, Bohumil Augustin, Robert Braun, Zbyněk Vaněk, Emil Fassl, Miroslav Chmelenský, Karel Křeček, František Morawetz, Jiří Němeček, Miroslav Šťastný
Peřeje
The Rapids
film
feature
melodrama
Czechoslovakia
1940
1940
21 February 1941
Czech