The Gypsy Chief
Appearance
The Gypsy Chief | |
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Directed by | Carl Wilhelm |
Written by | Franz Schulz |
Produced by | Gustav Althoff |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Max Grix |
Production company | Aco-Film |
Distributed by | Filmhaus Bruckmann |
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Country | Germany |
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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 and Fritz Grünbaum.[1] Robert A. Dietrich worked as the film's art director.
Cast
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Prawer p.83
Bibliography
[edit]- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
External links
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Categories:
- 1929 films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- 1929 drama films
- German silent feature films
- Films directed by Carl Wilhelm
- Films set in Hungary
- Films based on operettas
- Films about Romani people
- Films with screenplays by Franz Schulz
- German black-and-white films
- Silent German drama films
- 1920s German films
- 1920s German-language films
- 1920s drama film stubs
- Silent German film stubs