Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was a multifaceted Austrian-American actor, director, and writer known for his contributions to cinema during the silent film era. He was renowned for his meticulous attention to detail as a director and for portraying intense, often morally ambiguous characters on screen. Stroheim gained fame for directing and starring in films like "Greed" and "The Merry Widow." His style was marked by elaborate storytelling and a commitment to realism. Stroheim's career was impactful, though often marked by conflicts with studios due to his uncompromising vision, which led to some of his films being heavily edited against his wishes.
Sunset Boulevard
as Max von MayerlingA hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into...
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Second Pharisee (uncredited)The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven...
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Greed
as Balloon Vendor (uncredited)A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
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Grand Illusion
as Le capitaine von RauffensteinA group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class...
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Foolish Wives
as Count Wladislaw Sergius KaramzinA con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American...
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Five Graves to Cairo
as Field Marshal Erwin RommelThe British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian...
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Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity DirectorA young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
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The North Star
as Dr. von HardenA Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited...
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The Great Flamarion
as The Great FlamarionA beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to...
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Alibi
as WincklerParis, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian...
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La Danse de mort
as EdgarA sinister fortress on an island where the sun never seems to shine. An officer whose values...
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The Lost Squadron
as Arthur von FurstWhen World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in...
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Napoleon
as Ludwig van BeethovenThe film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint...
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The Great Gabbo
as GabboFor the ventriloquist Gabbo his wooden dummy Otto is the only means of expression. When he...
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Alraune
as Jacob ten BrinkenIn the 1800s, a stormy love relationship develops quickly between a young medical student and a...
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The Lafarge Case
as DenisBased on true facts, a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century, this...
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Behind the Facade
as Eric, l'Allemand naturalisé FrançaisIn the elevator of two large Parisian buildings, a telegraph operator discovers the body of an...
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Edge of Outside
as Self (archive footage)An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W....
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Boys' School
as Walter, le professeur d'anglaisIn a college, three friends form a secret society. Their objective - going to America. One...
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life,...
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Blind Husbands
as Lt. Erich von SteubenAn Austrian military officer and rogue attempts to seduce the wife of a surgeon. The two men...
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I Was an Adventuress
as Andre DesormeauxPosing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her...
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Hearts of the World
as A HunA group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace...
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Threats
as Le professeur Hoffman"Menaces" deals with the months before WW2 in a hotel :t he fear of the impending war never...
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As You Desire Me
as Carl SalterBar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with...
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Thunder Over Paris
as KorlickAn international crook hunted by the police comes to Paris to save his daughter from the...
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Crimson Romance
as Capt. WoltersAfter Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German...
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The Hun Within
as Von BickelA German-American father, loyal to his new U.S. home, finds himself on opposite sides with his...
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The Wedding March
as Nicki / Prince NickolasA young impoverished aristocrat falls in love with an inn-keeper's daughter, but has to marry money.
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Gibraltar
as Eric MarsonA British officer poses as a traitor in order to infiltrate a team of terrorists who are...
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His Picture in the Papers
as One of the Weazels (uncredited)Produced at the Reliance studio in Yonkers, New York, HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS solidly...
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Three Faces East
as Valdar / Schiller BlecherThe action takes place during the Great War in the home of the First Lord of the Admiralty.
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The Crime of Doctor Crespi
as Dr. Andre CrespiA crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in anyone who gets the...
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Panthea
as LieutenantA woman sacrifices everything for her husband's career.
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Fugitive Road
as Hpt. Oswald Von TraunseeAn Austrian officer must face up to the good and evil aspects of his own personality as he...
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Armored Attack!
as Dr. Otto Von HardenA Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Re-edited version...
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The World Will Shake
as Emil Lasser / Monsieur FrankIn this sci-fi film, a scientist invents a prescient machine that can tell people when they will...
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Rail Pirates
as Tchou KingHenri Pierson, the chief engineer of a railway line crossing Yunnan in China, must prevent the...
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Under Secret Orders
as Col. W. Mathesius / SimonisDuring the First World War, a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out...
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Storm Over Lisbon
as DerescoA nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.
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Ghosts
as School ClerkCaptain Alving, a notorious rake and financially irresponsible, seeks wealthy heiress Helen's...
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Scotland Yard Investigator
as Carl HoffmeyerA London curator loses the Mona Lisa to a collector, who discovers it's a fake.
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Gambling Hell
as Werner von KrallIn Macao, where places of pleasure and arms trafficking are concentrated, a tragedy opposes an...
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Marthe Richard
as van LudlowFictionalized reconstruction of the life of the French spy Marthe Richard who decided to contact...
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The Honeymoon
as NikkiThe marriage between Nikki and the crippled Cecilia takes place.
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The Heart of Humanity
as Eric von EberhardThe story centers around Nanette, an American girl living in a small Canadian village, who is in...
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Devil and the Angel
as Frank DavisThe Director of an international banknote printing institute, mutilated by the face of the Great...
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The Flying Torpedo
as AccompliceIn the future (1921), an alliance of several foreign countries plot to attack the US. American...
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Ultimatum
as General SimovicAbout the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War....
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So Ends Our Night
as BrennerAn anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's...
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1925 Studio Tour
as SelfA tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and...
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The Man You Loved to Hate
as Self (archive footage)The Man You Loved To Hate blends revealing interviews, rare photographs, and clips from von...
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The Mask of Diijon
as DiijonA stage illusionist plots a revenge after a particularly humiliating comeback attempt.
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Quand Jean devint Renoir
as Captain von Rauffenstein (archive footage)The fascinating story of a man destined to be only a son of and who sought all his life to...
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The Lady and the Monster
as Prof. Franz MuellerA millionaire's brain is preserved after his death by a scientist and his two assistants, only...
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Personal Column
as Pears, l'ex-couturierTo try solving the strange disappearances of 11 young Parisian women, the police obtain the...
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Immediate Call
as uncreditedIn September 1938, an American diplomat negotiated in London the peace of Munich, rather than...
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One Does Not Die That Way
as Eric von BergIn the studio where the famous director Eric Von Berg reigns, Pierre Vanier, the male star of...
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Portrait of a Murderer
as EricA circus daredevil is the next victim of a danger-seducing woman who tricks him into a...
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The Unbeliever
as Herr Lieutenant Kurt von SchnieditzA wealthy young American, bred to class distinction and racial intolerance, enters the Marines...
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Midnight... Quai de Bercy
as Le professeur KiefferHaving recently moved into her new apartment, Irène Cazenave, the widow of a well-known police...
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Série noire
as Sacha ZavaroffLéo Fardier is a police inspector who goes to prison undercover as a convict. He shares a cell...
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Friends and Lovers
as Victor SangritoBritish Army captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor...
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Alarm in Morocco
as Conrad NagelWhen 1 of 2 Foreign Legion officers is killed after witnessing a secret experiment on a death...
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La Vie des artistes
as SelfEverything you wanted to know about your favorite circus, radio and movie stars. They tell you...
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The Social Secretary
as The BuzzardAn attractive young girl struggles to hold a job as she deals with unwanted romantic advances...
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The Red Signal
as Mathias BertholdA physician whose wife was killed when two trains collided has remained a tormented soul,In his...
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La madone des sleepings
as Dr Siefgried TraurigLady Diana Winham is beautiful, wealthy and a widow, so she's courted. She travels Europe in...
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Other Side of Paradise
as William O'HaraComplicated intrigues fester in the warmth of Segnac, a charming village on the Cô te d'Azur....
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Old Heidelberg
as LutzKarl Heinrich is the heir to the throne of the small European principality of Rutania, but he's...
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