The Treasure of Swamp Castle

Sep 14 1988 PG-13 1h 16m
Adventure, Animation, Romance

Szaffi is a full-length animated feature based on Mór Jókai’s short books The Gypsy Baron (A cigánybáró) and Szaffi. It has adventure, and treasure, and love, and a little black cat, and a war, and picturesque villains - a governor with a pressure release valve in his skull and a fat pig-loving baron, and of course, the good gypsies.

Plot

In the turmoilous 18th century, young poor Hungarian aristocrat Jonas helps Szaffi, a young pretty gypsy Romani girl and the illegitimate daughter of a Turkish pasha, get the treasure that's owed to her by the right of inheritance.

Written by

Attila Dargay, Mór Jókai, József Nepp

Directed by

Attila Dargay

Production Countries

Hungary

Production Companies

Pannónia Filmstúdió

Languages

Magyar

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
2,267
Average Rating
7.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA