| The Wedding Song | |
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| Director: | Alfréd Deésy |
| Producer: | Star Film |
| Starring: | Béla Lugosi Károly Lajthay Klara Peterdy Richard Kornay |
| Distributor: | Star Film |
| Runtime: | 47 minutes |
| Country: | Hungary |
| Language: | Silent |
The Wedding Song (Hungarian: A Nászdal) is a 1918 Hungarian film directed by Alfréd Deésy.[1] The film was released on 27 February 1918, first shown at the Corso Theater in Budapest.[2] Lugosi's co-star in the film, Karoly Lajthay, later went on to direct the first film version of "Dracula", entitled Drakula halála (1923). (Lugosi had already emigrated to America by then.)[3]
Bela Lugosi played Paul Bertram, a celebrated violinist. While on their honeymoon, Bertram and his wife are assaulted by Izau (Károly Lajthay), a rival pianist who is in love with Bertram’s wife. Bertram kills the pianist in a duel and escapes into the forest. His wife remains behind, still believing that Bertram was killed by Izau. They are later reunited when she hears her husband playing a tune that he played to her on their wedding night.