Because his future wife abandoned him shortly before the wedding, an old baron has decided that he doesn't want any women near him anymore. The daughter of the flaky woman decides to take it upon herself to get the baron and her mother back together again and dresses up as a gypsy boy to use music from "his" violin to soften the baron's heart ...
Acting
Olly Holzmann's physical comedy as a woman playing a boy playing violin.
Score
Heesters' musical numbers that supposedly melt aristocratic hearts.
Director
Carl Boese
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Johannes Heesters, who plays Peter, became one of Germany's most enduring entertainers—he performed until age 108 in 2011.
The 'gypsy' disguise reflects 1930s European romanticized stereotypes that aged poorly; the film was released months before WWII began.
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