The Wedding Party

The Wedding Party

2005 · 92 min · ★ 6.1 · Comedy, Action

In rural Westphalia, Franz Berger struggles to keep his inn open. On this day, a bluff, overbearing bully, Hermann Walzer, has booked the dining room for a wedding banquet for his son Mark. There's bad blood between Berger and Walzer, so when the first course, shrimp cocktail, is off, Hermann storms out with the wedding party vowing not to pay. Franz locks the loo door, taking prisoners of the bride and Hermann's wife while he also locks the estate's outer gates, leaving Hermann and the rest outside. Walzer, a pheasant hunter, lays siege; shotguns, rifles, grenades, a shovel, and other weapons leave no one safe. Will it take death to bring these men to their senses?

Directed by Dominique Deruddere · Written by Christoph Darnstädt

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Armin Rohde Hermann Walzer
Uwe Ochsenknecht Franz Berger
Arne Lenk Mark Walzer
Julia Schmidt Yvonne Walzer
Imogen Kogge Hannelore Walzer
Josef Heynert Andy Walzer
Lisa Maria Potthoff Sophie Halberstadt
Fabian Hinrichs Alexander Halberstadt
Stephan Bissmeier Herbert Halberstadt
Nadeshda Brennicke Marie Baumann
Steffi Kühnert Irene Emmerich
Johann Adam Oest Pfarrer

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