The destinies of three men intervene in the life of the young Gipsy Magdalena: that of the Bulgarian Lilyanin, who converts from a champion of brotherhood into a persecutor of the Gipsies; that of the wild Halibryamov, who knows the language of animals, but does not speak the human tongue; and the rich Gipsy Kanyo who wants but does not dare to break with the lot of his kin. Magic alone can unravel this knot...