The Gypsy Baron (1927 film)

The Gypsy Baron
German	Der Zigeunerbaron
Directed by	Frederic Zelnik
Written by	Fanny Carlsen Mór Jókai (novel) Melchior Lengyel Ignaz Schnitzer (libretto)
Produced by	Frederic Zelnik
Starring	Lya Mara Michael Bohnen William Dieterle
Cinematography	Frederik Fuglsang Friedrich Weinmann
Music by	Pasquale Perris
Production company	Zelnik-Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date	11 March 1927 (1927-03-11)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Gypsy Baron (German: Der Zigeunerbaron) is a 1927 German silent adventure film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Michael Bohnen, and William Dieterle.^[1] It is based on the storyline of the operetta The Gypsy Baron.

The film's sets were designed by André Andrejew and Alexander Ferenczy.

Cast

• Lya Mara as Saffi
• Michael Bohnen as Calman Zsupan
• William Dieterle as Sandor Barinkay
• Ernő Verebes as Count Ottokar
• Vivian Gibson as Arsena
• Harry Hardt as Hommonay
• Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Mehmed Ali
• Ferdinand Bonn as Voivode
• Eugen Burg as Der Kaiser
• Emil Fenyő [de; eo; hu] as Count Carnero
• Maria Forescu as Czipra
• Heinrich Peer as cvhancellor

References

1. Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0810859678. LCCN 2008008116.

External links

• The Gypsy Baron at IMDb