The Gypsy Baron (1962 film)

The Gypsy Baron
Directed by	Kurt Wilhelm
Written by	Ignaz Schnitzer (libretto) Vineta Bastian-Klinger Walter Supper Tibor Yost Heinz Oskar Wuttig Mór Jókai (novel)
Produced by	Kurt Ulrich Heinz Willeg
Starring	Carlos Thompson Heidi Brühl Willy Millowitsch
Cinematography	Willi Sohm
Edited by	Martha Dübber
Music by	Johann Strauss II (operetta) Rolf A. Wilhelm
Production companies	Berolina Film CEC Films
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	28 September 1962 (1962-09-28)
Running time	103 minutes
Countries	France West Germany
Language	German

The Gypsy Baron (German: Der Zigeunerbaron) is a 1962 French-German operetta film directed by Kurt Wilhelm and starring Carlos Thompson, Heidi Brühl, and Willy Millowitsch. It is based on the 1885 operetta The Gypsy Baron.

The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. Location filming took place in the Serbian capital Belgrade and in Varazdin, Croatia.

Cast

• Carlos Thompson as Sandor von Barinkay, singing voice by Fritz Wunderlich
• Heidi Brühl as Arsena
• Willy Millowitsch as Kalman Zsupan
• Danièle Gaubert as Saffi, singing voice by Herta Talmar
• Félix Marten as Istvan Homonay
• Peer Schmidt as Ernö
• Ida Ehre as Czipra
• Pierre Parel as Pali, a gipsy
• Maurice Teynac as Carnero
• Stanislav Ledinek as Mischka
• Walter Gross as a judge
• Franz Muxeneder as a treasure digger
• Hugo Lindinger as a treasure digger
• Ady Berber as a treasure digger

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.

External links

• The Gypsy Baron at IMDb