The Gypsy Chief

1929 film

  • Paul Heidemann
  • Margarete Schlegel
  • Fritz Schulz
  • Robert Garrison
CinematographyMax Grix
Production
company
Aco-Film
Distributed byFilmhaus Bruckmann
Release date
  • 27 March 1929 (1929-03-27)
CountryGermanyLanguages
  • Silent
  • German intertitles

The Gypsy Chief (German: Der Zigeunerprimas) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Paul Heidemann, Margarete Schlegel and Fritz Schulz. It is an adaptation of the 1912 operetta Der Zigeunerprimas composed by Emmerich Kálmán with a libretto by Julius Wilhelm [de] and Fritz Grünbaum.[1] Robert A. Dietrich worked as the film's art director.

Cast

  • Paul Heidemann as Béla Baron Cadossy
  • Margarete Schlegel as Julischka
  • Fritz Schulz as Gaston Graf Irini, Attaché
  • Robert Garrison as Bankier Rothschild
  • Hugo Flink as Dobrenko, Gesandter
  • Carl Geppert as Finanzminister Mustari
  • Melitta Klefer as Ungarische Magd
  • Emmy Wyda as Pensionsvorsteherin
  • Fritz Beckmann
  • Kurt Brenkendorf
  • Franz Cornelius
  • Egon Dorn
  • Gyula Szőreghy
  • Ernő Verebes

References

  1. ^ Prawer p.83

Bibliography

  • Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
  • The Gypsy Chief at IMDb


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