The legendary Erich Von Stroheim directed and stars in THE WEDDING MARCH, an astonishing portrait of decadent Imperial Austria that's one of the greatest of all silent films, even in its butchered extant version.
In 1914 Vienna during the last years of the Hapsburg dynasty, Prince Nicki (Erich Von Stroheim) falls in love with a beautiful commoner named Mitzi (Fay Wray), who is also coveted by a vulgar butcher named Schani (Matthew Betz). Schani is arrested and put in prison after threatening Nicki, and
when he gets out, he learns that Nicki has been courting Mitzi. During a drunken orgy at a bordello, a wealthy corn-plaster tycoon (George Nicholls) offers Nicki'...
Released:
1928
Rated:
NR
Length:
113 mins