''The Gypsy Baron'' (german: Der Zigeunerbaron) is a 1927 German
silent adventure film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...
directed by
Frederic Zelnik and starring
Lya Mara,
Michael Bohnen, and
William Dieterle.
It is based on the storyline of the operetta ''
The Gypsy Baron
''The Gypsy Baron'' () is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II which premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 24 October 1885. Its German libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer is based on the unpublished 1883 story ''Saffi'' by Mór Jókai. Jokai ...
''.
The film's sets were designed by
André Andrejew and
Alexander Ferenczy.
Cast
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1920s historical adventure films
German historical adventure films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Frederic Zelnik
Films based on operettas
Films set in Hungary
Films set in Romania
Films about Romani people
German black-and-white films
1927 adventure films
Silent historical adventure films
1920s German films
1920s German-language films
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