I Even Met Happy Gypsies

I Even Met Happy Gypsies
Directed byAleksandar Petrović
Written byAleksandar Petrović
StarringBekim Fehmiu
Olivera Vučo
Bata Živojinović
Gordana Jovanović
Mija Aleksić
CinematographyTomislav Pinter
Edited byMirjana Mitić
Music byAleksandar Petrović
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryYugoslavia
LanguagesRomani
Serbo-Croatian

I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Serbo-Croatian: Скупљачи перја, Skupljači perja, lit.'The Feather-Gatherers') is a 1967 Yugoslav film by Serbian director Aleksandar Petrović. The film is centered on Roma people's life in a village in northern Vojvodina, but it also deals with other themes such as love, ethnic and social relationships. Beside Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Vučo, Bata Živojinović and Mija Aleksić, film features a cast of Roma actors speaking the Romani language. I Even Met Happy Gypsies is considered one of the best films of the Black Wave in Yugoslav cinema.