Bride of the Orient (1989)
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.
- Date of release
- 1989-03-02
- TMDB
- 9.5 / 10 (24)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Urs Odermatt
Casting
- 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
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