The Gypsy Baron

The Gypsy Baron

97 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Jan. 1, 1975

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.

The Gypsy Baron

97 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Jan. 1, 1975

The Gypsy Baron
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.
Producers Deutsche Grammophon, Unitel
Original title Der Zigeunerbaron
Directors Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Writers Ignaz Schnitzer, Mór Jókai

Cast

Siegfried Jerusalem

as Sándor Barinkay

Ellen Shade

as Saffi

Wolfgang Brendel

as Graf Hamonay

Hans Kraemmer

as Conte Carnero

Ivan Rebroff

as Kálmán Zsupán

Janet Perry

as Arsena

Martha Mödl

as Mirabella

Willi Brokmeier

as Ottokar

Biserka Cvejic

as Czipra