# Spite Marriage (1929)

**German title:** Die Trotzheirat


**Genres:** Comedy

**Duration:** 76 min

**IMDb:** [6.9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020442/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.3](https://letterboxd.com/film/spite-marriage/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 100%, Popcornmeter: 59%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spite_marriage)

## Description

An unimpressive but well intending man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.

## Details

**Premiere:** 25 Jul 2026 (in 4 days)

**Director:** Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton

**Cast:** Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian, Edward Earle, Leila Hyams, William Bechtel, Jack Byron, Joe Bordeaux, Ray Cooke, Mike Donlin, Pat Harmon, Sydney Jarvis, Theodore Lorch

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** No spoken language, English

**Available versions:** OV

**Open-air showtimes:** No

## Showtimes in Hamburg in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-07-25 (Saturday)

- **[Metropolis Kino](/cinemas/163-metropolis-kino.md) (Mitte):** [2026-07-25 20:45](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/hamburg/metropolis-kino/vorstellung/3567786319)  (OV)