The Bartered Bride

Overview

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 about this, she doesn't want to see Hans again.

Directed by Max Ophüls

Top cast

Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender

Hans

Jarmila Novotná

Marie

M

Max Nadler

Bürgermeister

M

Maria Janowska

Frau Bürgermeister

Otto Wernicke

Heiratsvermittler Kezal

Paul Kemp

Wenzel

Karl Valentin

Rudolph Brummer

Liesl Karlstadt

Katinka Brummer

H

Hermann Kner

Micha

Annemarie Sörensen

Esmeralda

Max Schreck

Muff

Therese Giehse

Photographie Werberin

Richard Ryen

Finanzrat

Beppo Brem

Bauernbursche

K

Karl Riedel

Polizist

G

Georg Holl

Polizist

K

Kurt Horwitz

Sänger

H

Hans Appel

L

Lotte Deyers

Trude Haefelin

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