The Gypsy Baron
01/01/1975
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.
Movie Information
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
