An arranged marriage between gypsy clans goes awry when Spiro (Michael V. Gazzo, The Godfather Part II) refuses to sell his daughter to the self-proclaimed King of the Gypsies, King Zharko Stephanowicz (Sterling Hayden, The Long Goodbye), ending in a hail of bullets and a kidnapped daughter. In the following decade, Rose (Susan Sarandon, Thelma & Louise), the kidnapped daughter, and her husband Groffo (Judd Hirsch, Ordinary People) have a young adult son named Dave (Eric Roberts, Star 80) who has rejected the gypsy ways of his family, despite his grandfather, King Zharko, passing his leadership onto the unwilling scion. Dave’s refusal sparks a turbulent war within his own family and the larger gypsy community in 1960s New York City.
 
Written for the screen and directed by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Frank Pierson (Dog Day Afternoon), King of the Gypsies 4K Blu-ray is adapted from the novel of the same name by Peter Maas (biographer of Frank Serpico and author of The Valachi Papers). Featuring stunning, on-location photography by noted Swedish cinematographer and Ingmar Bergman collaborator Sven Nykvist (Persona, The Tenant) and an incredible ensemble cast—including the screen debut of Eric Roberts—King of the Gypsies 4K Blu-ray marks the long-overlooked 1970s urban drama’s world debut in 4K UHD, newly restored from its original camera negative.
 
directed by: Frank Pierson
starring: Eric Roberts, Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Judd Hirsch, Brooke Shields, Annie Potts, Linda Manz
1978 / 112 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0