i be really surprised that this film only have a rating of 6 . 4 a of the time i do this review . while not exactly a great film and i do think it one of the best film dietrich do and it a shame it isn not more highly regarded . i think a lot of the reason i like the film so much be that the usual silly dietrich persona a the über vamp isn not present and her role require her to actually act . i just hate see film after film after film in the early day of her career where she seem more like a caricature or cliché than a real woman . i do not necessarily blame dietrich for the silly vampish film she make in the 1930s audience love them and they do make her famous . but here and she show she really could act . after all and just look at her in film like morocco and blonde venus and the blue angel and who would have guess that she be well cast to play a gypsy . i be quite prepared to hate the film because of this casting decision and but it work she be pretty believable and a lot of fun to watch as well . the film be and essentially and a vehicle just for ray milland and marlene dietrich the other support character be very much secondary to the movie . milland be a wanted spy in pre wwii germany and in his effort to escape and he stumble upon a rather frisky lone gypsy ( dietrich ) who instantly take him to be a fulfillment of prophecy in other word and her new lover . milland be quite stuffy but reluctantly agree to travel in her wagon even put on body paint and pierce his ear to make him look like a gypsy ( hence the title to the movie ) . over time and he slowly start to realize that underneath her very uncouth exterior be quite a woman and romance slowly blossom . the film in a word be charm . a nice romance with a good dose of comedy and fun just the sort of picture you wish hollywood still make . also and please note the performance of murvyn vye a zoltan . he be very magnetic in the short time he be on film and i just love his deep and beautiful voice . finally and a sad note to consider . while the film be set in germany and no mention be make of the upcoming gypsy holocaust . during the war and throughout german territory and the nazi exterminate a huge percentage of gypsy and so the final nice end to the film be a tad far fetch .