The Lovers of Teruel is two movies in four styles.
The movies:
> A ballet based on a Spanish legend.
> The story of three gypsies (Ludmilla Tcherina, Milenko Banovitch, Milko Sparemblek) who live the legend as they dance it.
The styles:
> The here-comes-the-circus style of commedia dell' artethe joint is jumping with dwarfs and zanies, harlequins and saltimbancos.
>The weepy-creepy style of romantic tragedythe sets are smeared with ghastly blues and bilious greens, the ear is assailed with suffering violins and preposterously exalted sentiments: "What good is my body if you cannot have my...