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  • Greed
  • Greed review by from London, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Von Stroheim Masterwork 21 May 2007
    ...of the period, this is a pivotal film. Pathologically self-destructive director Erich Von Stroheim watched this masterpice endure a fate not dissimilar to Orson Welles' THE MAGN...   Read customer review

Erich Von Stroheim - filmography


  • Jean Renoir Collection (7 discs) (1998)
    Starring: Julien Carette,  Marcel Dalio,  Georges Peclet
    Director: Jean Renoir
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Seven films by French auteur Jean Renoir. La Grande Illusion (1937) is an archetypal prison escape film, generally regarded as Jean Renoir's most popular film of the 1930s and one which, although often seen as a humane and pacifist indictment of war, offers an ambiguous perspective on class ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 1,187 member
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  • Sunset Boulevard on DVD (1950)
    Starring: Gloria Swanson,  William Holden,  Erich Von Stroheim
    Director: Billy Wilder
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Billy Wilder's masterpiece, a corrosive black comedy that remains the most memorable assault on the emptiness and vanity of the movie business, it stars William Holden as young, down-and-out screenwriter Joe Gillis. Narrated in flashbacks by the now-deceased scribe, the film unwinds the series of ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 11,665 members
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  • La Grande Illusion - Blu-ray (1937)
    Starring: Jean Gabin,  Dita Parlo,  Pierre Fresnay
    Director: Jean Renoir
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Praised as one of the greatest films ever made, LA GRANDE ILLUSION is “an artistically masterful feature” (Variety), a brilliant hymn to fraternity and pacifism directed by the cult filmmaker Jean Renoir (The Human Beast, The Rules Of the Game), starring Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay as French ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 22 members
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  • Queen Kelly (1928)
    Starring: Gloria Swanson,  Walter Byron,  Seena Owen
    Director: Erich Von Stroheim
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Kitty Kelly (Gloria Swanson), a young woman living in a convent, is charmed by a prince who later kidnaps her. When the Queen interrupts the intended... Kitty Kelly (Gloria Swanson), a young woman living in a convent, is charmed by a prince who later kidnaps her. When the Queen interrupts the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 13 members
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  • Greed (1924)
    Starring: Zasu Pitts,  Gibson Gowland
    Director: Erich Von Stroheim
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 57 members
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  • The Birth of a Nation on DVD (1915)
    Starring: Lillian Gish,  Walter Long,  Erich Von Stroheim
    Director: D.W. Griffith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The most successful and artistically advanced film of its time, The Birth of a Nation has also sparked protests, riots, and divisiveness since its first release. The film tells the story of the Civil War and its aftermath, as seen through the eyes of two families. The Stonemans hail from the North, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,822 member
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Erich Von Stroheim facts

5 most recent films

Jean Renoir Collection - 4.0 stars
Unnatural - 1.0 stars
Sunset Boulevard - 4.0 stars
La Grande Illusion - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Queen Kelly - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Greed - 4.0 stars
Sunset Boulevard - 4.0 stars
Jean Renoir Collection - 4.0 stars
The Birth of a Nation - 3.0 stars
Queen Kelly - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Unnatural - 1.0 stars
La Grande Illusion - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Queen Kelly - 4.0 stars
The Birth of a Nation - 3.0 stars
Jean Renoir Collection - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Gloria Swanson - 3 times - show films
Erich von Stroheim - 2 times - show films
Ralph Lewis - 2 times - show films
Julien Carette - 2 times - show films
Lillian Gish - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jean Renoir - 9 times - show films
D.W. Griffith - 2 times - show films
Arthur Maria Rabenalt - 1 times - show films
Billy Wilder - 1 times - show films