A countess ditches her diamond collar for a Gypsy violin — and 1934 never looked this lush.
A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, Hungary.
Production
Massive harvest festival set — reportedly 2,000 extras.
Costume
Loretta Young's wardrobe alone justifies the ticket.
Direction
Charell's operatic staging from German cinema.
Director
Erik Charell
Charles Boyer
Latzi
Loretta Young
Countess Wilma
Jean Parker
Timka
Phillips Holmes
Lieutenant Von Tokay
Louise Fazenda
Bessie Opitz
Eugene Pallette
Gypsy Chief
C. Aubrey Smith
Baron von Tokay
Charley Grapewin
Notary
Noah Beery
Innkeeper
Dudley Digges
Estate Administrator
Billy Bevan
Police Sergeant
Lionel Belmore
Station Master
Richard Carle
Majordomo
Harry C. Bradley
Priest (Uncredited)
Spencer Charters
Flunkey (Uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Erik Charell was a famed German operetta director; this was his Hollywood debut and swan song.
The 'Gypsy' mystique here draws from 19th-century Romanticism, not actual Romani culture — Hollywood loved the aesthetic.
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