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.

Cast

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