The Wedding March is a 1928 American synchronized sound romantic drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim.

While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.

The film stars Erich von Stroheim, Fay Wray and ZaSu Pitts.

[2] In 2003, The Wedding March was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.

[5] In Vienna in 1914, Prince Nicki is the scion of a rundown noble family and is commander of a cavalry regiment.

During a parade in front of the St. Stephen's Cathedral, Nicki notices beautiful innkeeper's daughter Mitzi in the crowd.

Knowing of his family's financial troubles, Nicki is approached by a wealthy factory owner to marry his daughter Cecilia in exchange for a noble title.

At the last moment Mitzi appears and promises to marry Schani if he does not kill Nicki.

The film featured a theme song entitled "Paradise" which was composed by Harry D. Ker (words) and J.S.

Shortly after completing The Merry Widow and having had a bad working experience at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Stroheim met independent film producer Pat Powers and convinced Powers to finance The Wedding March.

Stroheim rebuilt huge sets for St. Stephen's Cathedral, the streets surrounding it, various palatial rooms and an entire apple orchard with thousands of blossoms individually tied to the trees.

Stroheim defended his elaborate set choices by stating “They say I give them sewers — and dead cats!

[8] Shooting began in June 1926 and lasted until Stroheim was finally shut down by Powers in January 1927.

By the time Pat Powers shut down production, the budget had risen to $1,250,000 ($21,925,000 today).

[13] After the disastrous preview, Paramount decided to release The Wedding March as two films after all, with part two being re-titled The Honeymoon.

"[15] In 1950, Henri Langlois of the Cinémathèque Française gave Stroheim the opportunity to re-edit The Wedding March and The Honeymoon from prints that he owned.

Stroheim added sound effects and put certain scenes back in his original order.