A gripping WWII drama featuring Lisa Hartman and Rosemary Leach, this powerful film, set in Czechslovakia, is based on the book written by Ladislav Grossman, Oscar winning author of The Shop on Main Street. ----- Set in a ... more »war-torn village in Czechslovakia, the story centers on a strong Jewish woman who enters into marriage with a man she dislikes believing it will save her from deporation to a labor camp. ----- Her decision is shared by the other women in her village but after she becomes The 17th Bride in a single day to choose such a fate the Nazis declare the ceremonies invalid. The Jewish women are rounded up by the Germans and degraded, humiliated and manhandled as a prelude to being shipped off on the death trains. Amidst the taunting and terror, an unexpected opportunity to escape presents itself... but where can one escape to in a world filled with boodshed? ----- Horrifying and hopeful, THE 17TH BRIDE is a powerful story of surprising relevance to our times.« less