Movie·1989·1h 34m
Bride of the Orient
Country
Germany
Language
German
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The Story
Original title: Gekauftes Glück
After the death of his mother, a lonely farmer in rural Switzerland considers finally starting a family of his own. Eventually he pays for a bride from Thailand. The couple don't share a language, but being to know each other. However the village neighbors are suspicious of foreigners.
Producer
Christoph Locher, Lutz Kleinselbeck
Cinematography
Rainer Klausmann
Music
David Lautrec
Editor
Ulrike Pahl
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Wolfram Berger
Windleter
Werner Herzog
Businger
Helen Vita
Matrimonial Agent
Annamirl Bierbichler
Vreneli
Arunotai Jitreekan
Thai Woman
Mathias Gnädinger
'Hirschen'-Wirt
Günter Meisner
Priest Barmettler
Michael Gempart
Postal Clerk
Marie-Thérèse Mäder
Jeannine
Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
Faden-Kari
Jan Kadlec
Boris
Daniela Tallarico
Tamara
Bernard Landau
Registrar
Josef Odermatt
Cousin
Heidi Züger
Girl from the Village
Errol Morris
// crew
Crew
Urs Odermatt
Director, Writer
Christoph Locher
Producer
Lutz Kleinselbeck
Producer
Ulrike Pahl
Editor
Alfred Nathan
Producer
Walter Saxer
Executive Producer
David Lautrec
Original Music Composer
Rainer Klausmann
Director of Photography
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