The Gypsy Baron

The Gypsy Baron

1975 · 97 min · ★ 9.0 · Romance, Comedy, Music

In the Temesvar Province, a landowner returned from exile marries a gypsy girl who is revealed to be the daughter of a Turkish Pasha and the rightful owner of a hidden treasure. Next to "Die Fledermaus", DER ZIGEUNERBARON is Johann Strauss’s most popular operetta. The libretto gave Strauss the chance to revel in such contrasting musical forms as the Csárdás and the Viennese waltz. The style of the lied forms and ensembles is so original and finely balanced that the "Gypsy Baron" can truly be called a comic opera. Among the leading names of the stellar cast in this exuberant 1975 film of the operetta are Wolfgang Brendel, Ivan Rebroff, Janet Perry, Ellen Shade, Martha Mödl and, in the role that launched his career, Siegfried Jerusalem as Sándor Barinkay.

Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt · Written by Ignaz Schnitzer

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Siegfried Jerusalem Sándor Barinkay
Ellen Shade Saffi
Wolfgang Brendel Graf Hamonay
Hans Kraemmer Conte Carnero
Ivan Rebroff Kálmán Zsupán
Janet Perry Arsena
Martha Mödl Mirabella
Willi Brokmeier Ottokar
Biserka Cvejic Czipra

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