by Hal Erickson
synopsis
The Gypsy Baron was based on the Johann Strauss operetta of the same name. Set in the early 19th century, the story concerns Sandor Barinkay (Adolf Wohlbreuck), the black-sheep son of a wealthy Hungarian family. Sandor returns home in the guise of a gypsy to reclaim his ancestral estate from an unscrupulous pig farmer (Fritz Kampers). He is also forced to choose between a marriage of convenience with haughty Arsena (Gina Falckenberg) and a more romantic union with gypsy girl Saffi (Hansi Knoteck). Leading man Adolf Wohlbreuck later changed his nom de screen to Anton Walbrook.
