The 1950s, a gaudily decorated provincial hotel in an old-fashioned Dutch seaside resort, the evening before a wedding: with lies, misdemeanours and an oompah band all hiding in the wings, everything looks set to spin utterly, riotously out of control…

Ludo is Dutch, Liza is German, and they are getting married. When Ludo’s parents, Jacob and Maria, welcome their in-laws to their hotel for the happy occasion, they spare no expense. Not to be outdone, the father of the bride, Hans, arrives with his sausage factory’s brass band, The Fleshtones, in tow. All is shaping up for the party of the century!

But almost immediately the happy day begins to fall apart. Ludo has the clap; Liza’s bitchy, sex addicted mother is lying about absolutely everything to absolutely everybody; and a local newspaper reveals that both Hans and Jacob are hiding very shady pasts…

Will the bride wise up? Will the groom be able to resist the allures of Betsy, the daughter of the disgraced local Dutch Nazi party leader? Can Kati get away with cavorting with the hotel’s doorman? Skeletons fly out of closets with reckless abandon, as The German Wedding shows why, sometimes, it is best to say 'I don’t'.

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