The Story of My Wife (2021) on Netflix
Sea captain Jakob Störr takes ill and his cook urges him to marry. In a café he says he will wed the next woman through the door. Lizzy enters.
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- Netflix2.2/5
- IMDb6.2/103,513 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes26%
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Plot summary
Jakob Störr is a sea captain in charge of freighters. When illness comes over him at sea, his cook tells him that a wife would do him good. Jakob is indifferent to the idea. He tells a friend that he means to marry. In the café he picks the next woman to come through the door, and Lizzy is the woman. He wants the wedding the next day; she would rather wait a week. They marry and are happy at first. Jakob is away at sea for months, and Lizzy waits at home.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Story of My Wife (2021)
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- The film's dialogue is primarily in English, because in the 1920s English was the primary language used in the shipping industry.
- Director Ildikó Enyedi adapted Milán Füst's novel The Story of My Wife because it had been one of her favorites when she was a teenager.
