12 Apr 1991
Perfectly Normal
A shy young man with a passion for opera has his world turned upside down by a con artist who really does have a heart of gold.
Gypsy Princess
Kálmán Imre's beloved operetta comes to the screen in this comedy of music, marriage and class set in Budapest and Vienna before the outbreak of the First World War, recorded at the Budapest Opera in 1963.
Top Billed Cast
Anna Moffo Sylva Varescu
René Kollo Edwin Ronald
Dagmar Koller Stasi
Irén Psota Marie-Louise/Cecilia
Zoltán Latinovits Miska főpincér
László Mensáros Feri bácsi
Péter Huszti Lonsdorf kapitány
Sándor Németh Boni
László Keleti Közjegyző
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