Pervaya v istorii poslevoennoj sovetskoj Kinematografii ekranizatsiya opery S.Rahmaninova "Aleko" po poeme A.S.Pushkina "TSygane".
Proshlo dva goda, kak molodaya tsyganka Zemfira privela v shater ottsa belokurogo yunoshu Aleko, pokinuvshego gorod radi lyubvi i svobodnoj zhizni. No Zemfira vlyublyaetsya v molodogo tsygana. Ohvachennyj revnostyu, Aleko zakalyvaet kinzhalom Zemfiru i ee vozlyublennogo...