Die Bluthochzeit

Summary

The Wedding Day

For bride Sophie and groom Mark, the words "′till death do us part" take on menacing significance on their wedding day. Mark′s self-conceited father Hermann is on his worst behavior and picks a fight about the appetizer with the financially troubled gourmet cook Franz, in whose elegant country inn the wedding party is to take place. Slowly but surely the party runs out of control. The idyllic country inn turns into a besieged stronghold, and the aggressions on both sides escalate ever further. Hermann doesn′t give a damn about the fact that innocent bystanders are entangled in the whole mess. And even Franz, cool-headed at the beginning, begins to lose his nerves. All efforts to placate the stubborn men fail, and the wedding party heads for a surprising end...