Fresh
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.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
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.
1928 · 1h 49m · N/A
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Erich von Stroheim
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Erich von Stroheim Director
- Erich von Stroheim as Nicki / Prince Nickolas
- Fay Wray as Mitzi / Mitzerl Schrammell
- George Fawcett as le prince Ottokar
- Maude George as la princesse Maria
- Cesare Gravina as Martin Schrammell
- Dale Fuller as Katerina Schrammel
- Matthew Betz as Schani Eberle
- Zasu Pitts as Cecelia Schweisser
- George Nichols as The Industrialist
- Hughie Mack as Johann Eberle - the Wine-grower
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
71%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One of the most eccentric and fascinating vanity projects in the history of film.
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
Rotten
Because of what they are called upon to do and not because of the performances of the players the characters are not much more human than a troupe of Robots.
Mordaunt Hall, New York Times
Fresh
It is the love scenes, played beneath shimmering apple blossoms in lyrical soft focus, that stick in the memory, ironically turning what is now the film's ending into one of the director's most bitterly pessimistic scenes.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Even minor Stroheim is considerably better than most other filmmakers' major work.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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