Due to my romantic childhood memories, I rewatched this movie, and spent an afternoon with hidden jokes ans hints in my head. The story goes on when the Ottoman Empire invaded Hungary, and clearly shows it affected people's live in different ways - the baroque castle not even taking a moment on to think what happens during the invasion - the other castle falling into pieces, but holding on for a while, etc.
Szaffi is a full-length animated feature based on Jokai Mor's books Gypsy Baron (Cyganibaro) and Szaffi. I don't want to tell the details of story here, because it's best you see it for yourself.
I chanced to catch this on US television many years ago, under the title of "The Treasure of Swamp Castle", and was astounded as I watched it to realize that it was an alternate version of a live show that I'd been in in New York in 1984. It's based on the novel "A cigánybáró" (1885), by Mór Jókai, which is also the source of the operetta "Die Zigeunerbaron" ("The Gypsy Baron") by Johann Strauss, II.
