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Die Verkaufte Braut (1932)

Also known as The Bartered Bride

1932 · Feature film · 77 min · dir. Max Ophüls

  • Drama
  • Comedy
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Synopsis

Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans loves the mayor's daughter Marie, but she is promised Wenzel, the son of another wealthy farmer. Marie refuses to marry Wenzel because of Hans, but the marriage arranger tries to "buy" Marie from Hans. But when Wenzel tells Hans that he doesn't want to marry Marie either because he loves circus director Brummel's daughter, Hans decides to accept the offer of money for not interfering in the relations of Hans and Marie. But when Marie hears…

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Details

Director
Max Ophüls
Writer
Curt Alexander
Composer
Theo Mackeben
Cinematography
Franz Koch
Studio
Reichsliga-Film, Bavaria Film
Released
1932-08-18
Original title
Die verkaufte Braut
Running time
77 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · A Surprise Guest · cgg · 2010-11-10

Just a quick observation: Max ("Nosferatu") Schreck appears in this film as the "Indian" entertainer. He only has a few lines, but it's interesting to finally hear his voice.

★★★ · Interesting, but a problem · bearpuf · 2008-09-30

The opera is certainly an interesting view, however the movie is complete at 116 minutes with the mpg1 and mpg4 versions and is partially missing 24 minutes in the mpg2 version. It would be nice to get that fixed.

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