The Wedding March (1928 film)

The Wedding March is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film written and directed by and starring Erich von Stroheim. It also stars Fay Wray and ZaSu Pitts. Paramount Pictures forced von Stroheim to create two films from the footage, the second being The Honeymoon eventually reedited back into one film for a rerelease. The Honeymoon is now considered lost, the only known copy destroyed in a fire in France in 1959.

In Vienna in 1914, Prince Nicki is the scion of a rundown noble family rundown and is commander of a cavalry regiment.During a parade in front of the St. Stephens Cathedral, Nicki notices beautiful innkeepers daughter Mitzi in the crowd. Mitzi is eating with her family as her butcher fiance Schani grotesquely spits and embarrasses the entire family. Nicki and Mitzi flirt with each during the parade. During a gun salute Nickis horse becomes afraid and injures Mitzi, who is sent to the hospital. Nicki also has Schani arrested at this time. Nicki visits Mitzi at the hospital and later in the pub where she works as a harpist. They begin to go on dates and fall in love. ........

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