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Die verkaufte Braut
GERMANY · 1932

Die verkaufte Braut

Max Ophuls
arranged marriage class conflict romantic love social pressure rural community
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Synopsis

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

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