Gasparone(1955)

movie - first aired/released 1955-09-20 - 96 min - audience 8.0

Adventure, Comedy, Music

Directed by Karl Paryla

Based on the operetta of the same name by Carl Milöcker. The residents of an Austrian town decide to teach their eccentric mayor a lesson. A young fisherman dresses up as the famous bandit Gaspare and goes to see the mayor. The mayor, terrified, flees from "Gaspare" and commits a series of ridiculous acts, becoming the laughing stock of the whole town.