Product Details

• Actors: Peter Edelmann, Heinz Zednik, Martina Serafin, Rudolf Bibl, Helmut Berger-Tuna
• Format: NTSC, Dolby, Subtitled
• Language: German
• Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Videoland
• DVD Release Date: September 25, 2007
• Run Time: 130 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000VLMT48
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #220,334 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely Viennese Operetta, February 22, 2008

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Brigitte Koenig (Springfield, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: J. Strauss - Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron) (DVD)

Loosely based on history, this Strauss operetta is set in Hungary under the reign of Empress Maria Theresia of Austria. It is here played in a lake setting with beautiful scenery and very good singers, excellent dancers and lavish costumes. The spoken dialogue (customary in operettas) is full of anachronistic allusions and very funny. A caveat: the whole thing is in German, and spoken and/or sung, especially by the "lower class" people, with such thick Austro-Hungarian accents that it is hard to understand even for a native German speaker.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fun, March 9, 2008

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Dr. J. J. Kregarman (Denver, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: J. Strauss - Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron) (DVD)

This operetta is fun. The production is excellent. The singing is good and the acting very good. The singers microphones are not too intrusive, and the subtitles work!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful to see the range of operetta DVDs (with subtitles) increasing., March 18, 2008

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Margaret Furness (South Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: J. Strauss - Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron) (DVD)

Superb use of the lakeside setting. Unfortunately the forehead microphones, instead of being unobtrusive, look like deformities even after you recognise them for what they are. Lovely singing and music, but I've seen a production which made better use of the potential for humour. The plot is a bit too unbelievable (treasure AND a princess in disguise?), and overall less enjoyable than, say, Grafin Mariza. Nevertheless well worth seeing.