Szaffi Explained

Szaffi
Director:Attila Dargay
Editing:Magda Hap
Studio:PannóniaFilm
Distributor:CINAR (Canada)
Runtime:76 minutes

Szaffi (USA titled The Treasure of Swamp Castle) is a 1985 Hungarian-Canadian 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 Romani-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.[1]

Cast

CharacterOriginalEnglish
Jónás Botsinkay (son)András KernAdrian Knight (Jonathan)
Sándor Pálok (young)Steven Bednarski (Young Jonathan)
SzaffiJudit PogányMichelle Turmel (Sabrina)
Cafrinka (“old witch”)Hilda GobbiBronwen Mantel (Esmeralda)
FeuersteinGyörgy BárdyVlasta Vrána (Governor)
PuzzolaGábor MarosArthur Grosser (Ollie)
Gáspár Botsinkay (father)Ferenc ZentheUnknown (Sheik Ali Suleiman)
AhmedJózsef KépessyWalter Massey (Ahmed the Fearless)
ArzénaJudit HernádiJane Woods (Petunia Piglet)
LoncsárLászló CsákányiUnknown (Baron Piglet)
MenyusJános GálvölgyiUnknown (Manouche)
Gazsi bácsiUnknown
Strázsa
Savoyai EugénSándor SukaUnknown (General Tubthumper)
AdjutánsAndrás MártonUnknown
StrázsamesterGellért RaksányiA.J. Henderson (Captain)
AsilZoltán GeraUnknown
Puzzola anyjaJudit CzigányUnknown (Ollie's Mother)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Szaffi. Hungarian. PORT.hu. 2010-06-01.