The Wedding March

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The Wedding March

1928,

1h 55m,

Drama

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64%

11 Reviews

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81%

50+ Ratings

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11 Reviews

81%

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50+ Ratings

Against the backdrop of Vienna's hidebound caste system, aristocrat and army officer Nicki (Erich von Stroheim) falls for lowly commoner Mitzi (Fay Wray), knowing that it cannot last. Acquiescing to pressure from his family, he ultimately gives her up to marry the more socially acceptable -- albeit crippled -- heiress Cecelia (ZaSu Pitts). Mitzi, for her part, is heartbroken and must resign herself to marrying a churlish butcher, Schani Eberle (Matthew Betz).

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John C. Mosher

The New Yorker

Jan 20, 2022

From all this strife and toil, there comes forth at last a good picture, not perhaps so enthralling as Four Devils, or as ingenious as Lonesome, but one well worth seeing.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Mar 7, 2013

As this extravagant, wickedly ironic 1928 melodrama shows, Erich von Stroheim was not only a supreme (if typecast) actor but one of the greatest silent-era directors.

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John Monaghan

Detroit Free Press

Mar 31, 2006

3/4

One of the most eccentric and fascinating vanity projects in the history of film.

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Robert E. Sherwood

LIFE

Jan 20, 2022

All the absurdities in The Wedding March are typical of [von Stroheim,] who has in the past demonstrated a tendency to be a genius at one moment and an utter nit-wit at the next.

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Alexander Bakshy

The Nation

Jan 20, 2022

[The Wedding March] is interesting only for its insistence on realistic detail -- an insistence so shrieking and sometimes so incongruous that it loses even the little virtue that one might be willing to concede it.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

May 3, 2019

4/4

The current school of critical thought is that 'The Wedding March' is a minor Stroheim effort, but I find it to be one of his most complete and most satisfying films.

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Jan 26, 2019

The best romance movie ever made!

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Erich von Stroheim

Prince Nicki von Wildeliebe-Rauffenburg

Fay Wray

Mitzi Schrammell

ZaSu Pitts

Cecelia Schweisser

Matthew Betz

Schani Eberle

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Synopsis

Against the backdrop of Vienna's hidebound caste system, aristocrat and army officer Nicki (Erich von Stroheim) falls for lowly commoner Mitzi (Fay Wray), knowing that it cannot last. Acquiescing to pressure from his family, he ultimately gives her up to marry the more socially acceptable -- albeit crippled -- heiress Cecelia (ZaSu Pitts). Mitzi, for her part, is heartbroken and must resign herself to marrying a churlish butcher, Schani Eberle (Matthew Betz).

Director: Erich von Stroheim
Producer: Pat Powers
Screenwriter: Erich von Stroheim, Harry Carr
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 6, 1928, Original
Runtime: 1h 55m

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