The Marriage of the Bear

Based On the book by Prosper Mérimée

The Marriage of the Bear (Russian: Медвежья свадьба, romanized: Medvezhya svadba) (aka The Bear's Wedding) is a 1925 Soviet silent horror-fantasy drama film directed by Konstantin Eggert and Vladimir Gardin. It is based on the play with the same name by Anatoli Lunacharsky, which in turn was based on Prosper Mérimée's novella Lokis (Lithuanian for "bear"). Prosper Mérimée wrote many short stories of which Lokis is one. He was also the author of La Venus d'Ille which Italian horror director Mario Bava adapted to film in 1978.

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Release date:

1925

Director:

Vladimir Gardin, Konstantin Eggert

Cast:

Konstantin Eggert, Vera Malinovskaya, Natalya Rozenel, Yuri Zavadsky, Vladimir Vladislavsky

Genre:

Fantasy, Horror, Drama, Silent

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Year page:

1925 in adaptations