Movie: Bride of the Orient

Top 10 Billed Cast

Wolfram Berger
Wolfram Berger

Windleter

Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog

Businger

Helen Vita
Helen Vita

Matrimonial Agent

Annamirl Bierbichler
Annamirl Bierbichler

Vreneli

Arunotai Jitreekan
Arunotai Jitreekan

Thai Woman

Mathias Gnädinger
Mathias Gnädinger

'Hirschen'-Wirt

Günter Meisner
Günter Meisner

Priest Barmettler

Michael Gempart
Michael Gempart

Postal Clerk

Marie-Thérèse Mäder
Marie-Thérèse Mäder

Jeannine

Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez

Faden-Kari

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1989-03-02

  • Average

    9.6

  • Rating:

    4.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    Deutsch
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