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Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim was an Austrian-American actor, director, and screenwriter known for his impactful portrayal of villainous characters in silent films. He was recognized for his meticulous attention to detail and historical accuracy in his films, but his career declined with the onset of talking pictures. He died in 1957.
Titles credited to Erich von Stroheim
Sunset Boulevard
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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La Grande Illusion
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War...
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Foolish Wives
A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.
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Blind Husbands
An Austrian military officer and rogue attempts to seduce the wife of a surgeon. The two men confront each other in a test of abilities that ends surprisingly.
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The Great Flamarion
A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
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The Great Gabbo
For the ventriloquist Gabbo his wooden dummy Otto is the only means of expression. When he starts relying more and more on Otto, he starts going mad.
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Crimson Romance
After Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German hysteria before the first world war, he and his friend Bob Wilson leave America and join the German air forc...
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Storm Over Lisbon
A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.
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