Zandy's Bride

Zandy's Bride (1974)

More Like a War Than a Marriage

Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they struggle to survive develops in him a growing love.

Date of release
1974-05-19
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (35)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Western
Director
Jan Troell

Casting

Interesting facts

Zandy's Bride is a 1974 American Western film directed by Jan Troell and starring Gene Hackman and Liv Ullmann.

Production

Film rights to the novel were bought by producer Charles Feldman. He died in 1969 and left the rights in his will to Capucine. She unsuccessfully tried to get a workable screenplay the novel. She later sold the film rights to Harvey Matofsky, having met him at the house of Fellini. He had Marc Norman write the script and attracted the interest of Gene Hackman, which led to financing.

Director Jan Troell recounted, "The first problem with me on Zandy's Bride was that I wasn't allowed to operate the camera [because of U.S. union rules]. That makes a lot of difference to me because I feel very awkward sitting beside the camera. Otherwise, I thought it was a very useful experience."

The film was cut after preview screenings.

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