The Wedding March

The Wedding March

Dashing, Impetuous, Insolent. the playboy of Vienna- handsome, well-born, idol of the ladies- Prince Nicki, portrayed by Erich Von Stroheim. Riotous, color-splashed romance of Vienna.

NR 1928 · 109 min · ★ 7.1 · Drama, Romance

Against the backdrop of Vienna's hidebound caste system, aristocrat and army officer Nicki is attracted to peasant Mitzi, although he knows it cannot last. Acquiescing to familial pressure, he ultimately gives her up to marry the more socially acceptable – albeit crippled – heiress Cecelia. Mitzi, for her part, is heartbroken and must resign herself to marrying churlish butcher Schani Eberle.

Directed by Erich von Stroheim · Written by Harry Carr

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Cast

Erich von Stroheim Nicki / Prince Nickolas
Fay Wray Mitzi / Mitzerl Schrammell
George Fawcett le prince Ottokar
Maude George la princesse Maria
Cesare Gravina Martin Schrammell
Dale Fuller Katerina Schrammel
Matthew Betz Schani Eberle
Zasu Pitts Cecelia Schweisser
George Nichols The Industrialist
Hughie Mack Johann Eberle - the Wine-grower
Sidney Bracey Navratil
Anton Vaverka Emperor Franz-Josef

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The honeymoon of Prince Nicki in the Alps, and the wedding of Mitzi and Schani. Mitzi still loves Nicki, and jealous Schani decides once again to kill the prince. Schani shoots at Nicki, but Cecilia throws herself in front of Nicki. Schani becomes a fugitive and goes into hiding. Nicki and Mitzi meet one last time, where Mitzi tells Nicki that she will go to a convent. Nicki goes off to war, where he is killed. Sequel to von Stroheim's The Wedding March released only in Europe. The only known copy was destroyed in a fire at the Cinémathèque Française in 1959.

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