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