Erich von Stroheim
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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.
Known for
Credits
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
as Max von Mayerling
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
as Second Pharisee (uncredited)
Grand Illusion (1937)
as Captain von Rauffenstein
Greed (1924)
as Balloon Vendor (uncredited)
Napoleon (1955)
as Ludwig van Beethoven
The North Star (1943)
as Dr. von Harden
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
Foolish Wives (1922)
as Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin
For France (1917)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Thunder Over Paris (1940)
as Korlick
Souls for Sale (1923)
as Self - Celebrity Director
So Ends Our Night (1941)
as Brenner
The Unbeliever (1918)
as Herr Lieutenant Kurt von Schnieditz
The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
as Dr. Andre Crespi
Alibi (1937)
as Professor Winckler
The Great Flamarion (1945)
as The Great Flamarion
Sylvia of the Secret Service (1917)
as Peter
Boys' School (1938)
as Walter, le professeur d'anglais
The Lady and the Monster (1944)
as Prof. Franz Mueller
Alarm in Morocco (1953)
as Conrad Nagel
Midnight... Quai de Bercy (1953)
as Le professeur Kieffer
The Wedding March (1928)
as Nicki / Prince Nickolas
Friends and Lovers (1931)
as Victor Sangrito
Hearts of the World (1918)
as A Hun
As You Desire Me (1932)
as Carl Salter
Storm Over Lisbon (1944)
as Deresco
Crimson Romance (1934)
as Capt. Wolters
Quand Jean devint Renoir (2017)
as Captain von Rauffenstein (archive footage)
The Social Secretary (1916)
as The Buzzard
I Was an Adventuress (1940)
as Andre Desormeaux
The Honeymoon (1929)
as Prince Nicki
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
Gibraltar (1938)
as Eric Marson
The Great Gabbo (1929)
as Gabbo
Unnatural (1952)
as Jacob ten Brinken
The World Will Shake (1939)
as Emil Lasser / Monsieur Frank
Série noire (1955)
as Sacha Zavaroff
One Does Not Die That Way (1946)
as Eric von Berg
Blind Husbands (1919)
as Lt. Erich von Steuben
The Hun Within (1918)
as Von Bickel
The Lost Squadron (1932)
as Arthur von Furst
The Mask of Diijon (1946)
as Diijon
Armored Attack! (1957)
as Dr. Otto Von Harden
The Lafarge Case (1938)
as Denis
Under Secret Orders (1937)
as Col. W. Mathesius / Simonis
Personal Column (1939)
as Pears, l'ex-couturier
Garbo, by Joan Crawford (1969)
as Self (archive footage)
Three Faces East (1930)
as Valdar / Schiller / Blecher
The Man You Loved to Hate (1979)
as Self (archive footage)
In Again, Out Again (1917)
as Officer (uncredited)
The Red Signal (1949)
as Mathias Berthold
Behind the Facade (1939)
as Eric, German naturalized French
Portrait of a Murderer (1949)
as Eric
1925 Studio Tour (1925)
as Self
Other Side of Paradise (1953)
as William O'Hara
Rail Pirates (1938)
as Tchou King
Old Heidelberg (1915)
as Lutz
Panthea (1917)
as Lieutenant
Fugitive Road (1934)
as Hpt. Oswald Von Traunsee
His Picture in the Papers (1916)
as One of the Weazels (uncredited)
Marthe Richard (1937)
as van Ludlow
Threats (1940)
as Le professeur Hoffman
La Madone des sleepings (1955)
as Dr Siefgried Traurig
Scotland Yard Investigator (1945)
as Carl Hoffmeyer
Ultimatum (1938)
as General Simovic
La Danse de mort (1948)
as Edgar
Gambling Hell (1942)
as Werner von Krall
The Flying Torpedo (1916)
as Accomplice
Immediate Call (1939)
Actor
The Heart of Humanity (1918)
as Eric von Eberhard
Ghosts (1915)
as School Clerk
Devil and the Angel (1946)
as Frank Davis
La Vie des artistes (1938)
as Self
The Country Boy (1915)
as Diner in Restaurant
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922)
as Self
Stroheim in Vienna (1948)
as Self
Erich von Stroheim - Der Mann mit dem bösen Blick (1966)
as (archive footage)