Prince Nikki, Lieutenant of the Guard in pre WWI Vienna, is flat broke, but the only advice he gets from his parents is either to shoot himself or to marry money. Read More »
Tag Archives: Erich von Stroheim
Greed (1924) Erich von Stroheim, Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt
John McTeague was a simple slow man who became a dentist after working at the Big Dipper Gold Mine. Read More »
Unnatural / Alraune (1952) Arthur Maria Rabenalt, Hildegard Knef, Erich von Stroheim, Karlheinz Böhm
A scientist creates a beautiful “perfect woman”, but since she is artificial Read More »
Boys’ School / Les disparus de St. Agil (1938) Christian-Jaque, Erich von Stroheim, Michel Simon, Armand Bernard
In a college, three friends form a secret society. There objective – going to America. Read More »
Sunset Blvd. (1950) Billy Wilder, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim
In early-1950s Hollywood, obscure screenplay-writer Joe Gillis is unable to sell his work to the studios Read More »
The Alibi / L’alibi (1937) Pierre Chenal, Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean, Jany Holt
Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster Read More »
Foolish Wives (1922) Erich von Stroheim, Rudolph Christians, Miss DuPont, Maude George
A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility Read More »
Three Faces East (1930) Roy Del Ruth, Constance Bennett, Erich von Stroheim, Anthony Bushell
A beautiful British intelligence agent attempts to reveal the identity Read More »
Scotland Yard Investigator (1945) George Blair, C. Aubrey Smith, Erich von Stroheim, Stephanie Bachelor
At the outbreak of World War II, the famous ‘Mona Lisa’ is removed from the Louvre Museum in Paris Read More »
Storm Over Lisbon (1944) George Sherman, Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen, Erich von Stroheim
Deresco owner of a night club in neutral Portugal, works a freelance spy for everybody who can afford his price. Read More »