Thrice Wed

{{short description|1941 film}} {{Infobox film | name =Thrice Wed | image =File:Thrice Wed.png | caption = | director =[[Géza von Bolváry]] | producer = [[Viktor von Struwe]] | writer = [[Hans Gustl Kernmayr]] <br> [[Ernst Marischka]] <br> [[Gerhard Menzel]] | based_on = | starring =[[Willy Fritsch]] <br> [[Marte Harell]] <br> [[Theo Lingen]] | music = [[Willy Schmidt-Gentner]] | cinematography = [[Willy Winterstein]] | editing = [[Arnfried Heyne]] | studio = [[Wien Film]] | distributor =[[Terra Film]] | released ={{film date|1941|6|24|df=y}} | runtime = 95 minutes | country = Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''Thrice Wed''''' (German: '''''Dreimal Hochzeit''''') is a 1941 German [[romantic comedy film]] directed by [[Géza von Bolváry]] and starring [[Willy Fritsch]], [[Marte Harell]] and [[Theo Lingen]].<ref>Hull p.204</ref><ref>Von Dassanowsky p.96</ref> The film was produced by [[Wien Film]], a [[Vienna]] based-firm established following the [[Anschluss]] of 1938. It was shot at the city's [[Rosenhügel Studios]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Kurt Herlth]] and [[Werner Schlichting]]. It was distributed by [[Terra Film]] and premiered at the [[Gloria-Palast]] in Berlin.<ref>https://www.filmportal.de/film/dreimal-hochzeit_27340ceb0f2c41d9ad91afdecf1a0c6d</ref> Due to its sympathetic portrayal of Russians, it was hastily withdrawn from German cinemas following the launch of [[Operation Barbarossa]] against the [[Soviet Union]] the same month.

==Synopsis== In [[Russian Empire|Russia]] before the [[Russian Revolution|Revolution]] Prince Alexander, a nephew of the [[Tsar]], falls in love with Vera. Because she is a commoner the social pressures of the [[Saint Petersburg]] elite compels her not to turn up for their wedding. In 1920 in [[Berlin]] with the two now [[émigré]]s, they meet again. Now he is working as a [[taxi driver]] and Vera is a famous singer. Again they make plans to marry, but this time it is the groom who backs out as he feels he can't wed her as an impoverished exile. Finally they encounter each other for a third time on an [[ocean liner]] where he is a [[bartender]] and she a model. Feeling that social distinctions no longer matter, they at last marry on the third attempt.

==Cast== * [[Willy Fritsch]] as Fürst Alexander Woronin * [[Marte Harell]] as Vera Petrowna * [[Theo Lingen]] as Felix * [[Hermann Brix]] as Leutnant Tatarinoff * [[Hedwig Bleibtreu]] as Herzogin Tatjana * [[Theodor Danegger]] as Fürst Paul * [[Alfred Neugebauer]] as Fürst Gregor * [[Hans Zesch-Ballot]] as Rittmeister Graf Lievers * [[Erik Frey]] as Oberleutnant Raswjenko * [[Ernst Bader]] as Leutnant Mischa * [[Nicolas Koline]] as Verwalter Stepan * [[Rosa Albach-Retty]] as Tante Nastja * [[Leo Peukert]] as Kommerzienrat Knopp * [[Franz Herterich]] as Großfürst * [[Richard Eybner]] as Haushofmeister * [[Franz Böheim]] as Ivan * Catharina Reichert as Tante Olga * [[Fritz Imhoff]] as Herr Schmid

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Hull, David Stewart. ''Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933–1945''. University of California Press, 1969. * Von Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Austrian Cinema: A History''. McFarland, 2005.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0033557}}

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