During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to escape. The young man, now very emotionally distraught, dresses in women's clothes and eventually joins a passing gypsy caravan, who think him a young girl... as well as a kind of seer, or 'rawney'. In time, however, he regains some composure and becomes attracted to one of the gypsy girls, which only leads to problems within the gypsy band, especially when the wounded commanding officer finds him.
Bob Hoskins
Darky
Dexter Fletcher
Tom
Zoë Nathenson
Jessie
Zoë Wanamaker
Elle
Ian McNeice
The Farmer
Gawn Grainger
The Officer
Jim Carter
The Soldier
Ian Dury
Weazel
J.G. Devlin
Jake
Veronica Clifford
The Farmer's Wife
Jenny Platt
Little Girl
Perry Fenwick
Victor
Dave Hill
Lamb
Alan Talbot
Wag
Veronica Quilligan
Lou
John Tams
Blakey
Valerie Kaplanová
Doris