Szaffi
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Szaffi is a 1985 Hungarian
animated film directed by Attila Dargay
. It is based on the 1885 book The Gypsy Baron by Mór Jókai
, about the romance between a poor Hungarian aristocrat and a mysterious Roma-looking Turkish girl in the 18th century. Music from Johann Strauss II
's operetta The Gypsy Baron
, based on the same novel, is used for the film's soundtrack.
Cinema of Hungary
Hungary has had a notable cinema industry from the beginning of the 20th century, with Hungarians who affected the world of motion picture both inside and outside the borders...
animated film directed by Attila Dargay
Attila Dargay
Attila Dargay was an animator from Hungary. He was born in Mezőnyék.-Life:He finished his academic studies in 1948. He worked at Hungary's National Theatre as scenery painter; then he became an animated-film director in 1957. His films are popular among both children and adults...
. It is based on the 1885 book The Gypsy Baron by Mór Jókai
Mór Jókai
Mór Jókai , born Móric Jókay de Ásva , outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.-Early life:...
, about the romance between a poor Hungarian aristocrat and a mysterious Roma-looking Turkish girl in the 18th century. Music from Johann Strauss II
Johann Strauss II
Johann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...
's operetta The Gypsy Baron
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 libretto was by the author Ignaz Schnitzer and in turn was based on Sáffi by Mór Jókai. During the composer's lifetime, the operetta enjoyed great success, second...
, based on the same novel, is used for the film's soundtrack.
Cast
- András KernAndrás KernAndrás Kern is a Hungarian actor, producer, writer, singer and comedian.- Life :In 1965 Kern produced a film with a friend, entitled Mi Lesz? , and subsequently won first prize in the 13th Hungarian National Amateur Film Festival.In 1970 he graduated from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest...
as Jónás Botsinkay (son) - Judit Pogány as Szaffi
- Hilda Gobbi as Cafrinka (“old witch”)
- György Bárdy as Feuerstein
- Gábor Maros as Puzzola
- Ferenc Zenthe as Gáspár Botsinkay (father)
- József Képessy as Ahmed
- Judit Hernádi as Arzéna
- László Csákányi as Loncsár
- János Gálvölgyi as Menyus
- Sándor Suka as Savoyai Eugén
- András Márton as Adjutáns