The Bartered Bride

The Bartered Bride

Comedy, Music | Aug. 18, 1932

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 interferring in the relations of Hans and Marie. But when Marie hears about this, she doesn't want to see Hans again.

The Bartered Bride

Comedy, Music | Aug. 18, 1932

The Bartered Bride
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 interferring in the relations of Hans and Marie. But when Marie hears about this, she doesn't want to see Hans again.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Bavaria Film, Reichsliga-Film
Original title Die verkaufte Braut
Directors Peter Riethof, Max Ophüls
Writers Karel Sabina, Robert Vambery, Curt Alexander, Max Ophüls

Cast

Jarmila Novotná

as Marie

Max Nadler

as Bürgermeister

Maria Janowska

as Frau Bürgermeister

Otto Wernicke

as Heiratsvermittler Kezal

Paul Kemp

as Wenzel

Karl Valentin

as Rudolph Brummer

Liesl Karlstadt

as Katinka Brummer

Hermann Kner

as Micha

Annemarie Sörensen

as Esmeralda

Max Schreck

as Muff

Therese Giehse

as Photographie Werberin

Richard Ryen

as Finanzrat

Beppo Brem

as Bauernbursche

Karl Riedel

as Polizist

Georg Holl

as Polizist

Kurt Horwitz

as Sänger