Bride of the Orient (1989)
1h 34m
Running Time
March 2, 1989Release Date
Bride of the Orient (1989)
1h 34m
Running Time
March 2, 1989Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Urs Odermatt
Director / Writer
Manuel Siebenmann
Assistant Director
Birgit Lorenz
Script
Rainer Klausmann
Director of Photography
André Simmen
Assistant Camera
Martin Gerbl
Lighting Technician
Cornelius Siegel
Production Design / Props
Kristine Steinhilber
Production Design / Props
Wolfgang Siegel
Set Dresser
Birgit Flüeler
Dialogue
Christoph Locher
Producer
Lutz Kleinselbeck
Producer
Walter Saxer
Executive Producer / Production Manager
Alfred Nathan
Producer
Walter Schoch
Co-Producer
David Lautrec
Original Music Composer
Ulrike Pahl
Editor
Silvia Grabowski
Costume Design
Kathy Kühne
Makeup Artist
Manfred Raab
Set Dresser / Key Grip
Micki Joanni
ADR Editor
Günter Knon
Sound Assistant
Chris Price
Sound
Anton Rädler
Sound Editor
Arnold Odermatt
Still Photographer
Hanspeter Remund
Best Boy Electric
Anna Wagner-Araf Dias
Assistant Editor
Valeria Klausmann
Production Assistant
Errol Morris
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 2, 1989
Original NameGekauftes Glück
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
racism
religion
marriage
melancholy
sex trafficking
rural life
empathetic
ambiguous
Wiki.
The Thai Fiancee (original German title: Gekauftes Glück) is a 1988 Swiss-German film directed by Urs Odermatt. The German director Werner Herzog plays the second male role alongside Austrian Wolfram Berger. The Thai actress Arunotai Jitreekan () appears for the first time in a film shot outside Bangkok.The Thai Fiancee was one of the films of Swiss authors who achieved the most resounding success in the press and the public.
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