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The Robber Bride (1916)

The Robber Bride poster
Original title
Die Räuberbraut
Directed by
Robert Wiene
Genre
comedy film, silent film, romance film
Country
Germany
Runtime
20 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman daydreams about marrying a bandit and refuses her parents' arranged marriage. She pursues her romantic fantasy.

lightheartedwhimsicalgentleplayfulromanticold-fashionedbreezyinnocent

What happens

The Robber Bride (German: Die Räuberbraut) is a 1916 German silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Henny Porten, Friedrich Feher and Artur Menzel. A young woman with romantic ideas rejects the arranged marriage her parents want for her, dreaming instead of marrying a bandit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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