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The Virgin and the Gypsy

The minister's daughter. Her father taught her about God. The gypsy taught her about Heaven.

3.1(8)19701h 35m1

Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young English girl who is sexually attracted to a seductively virile gypsy. The climatic dam burst is linked with the consummation of her desire.

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Released
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Language
English
  • virgin
  • based on novel or book
  • gypsy
  • erotic movie

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR30 Jun 1970
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical151 Jun 1970

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The Virgin and the Gypsy was released on 1 June 1970.

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    CinemaSerf

    12/4/2023

    Whilst Franco Nero does quite a decent job here as the smouldering traveller, the rest of the cast really needed an Alan Bates or Julie Christie to ignite some sort of spark into this rather timid adaptation of D.H. Lawrence shorter story. On their way to her the home she shares with her vicar father (Maurice Denham) and her family, "Yvette" (Joanna Shimkus) encounters the swarthy gypsy who invites them to have their…

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