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  1. Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era.

  2. Dec 21, 2022 · Although the film shown is an epic period drama a la “Ben-Hur,” this sequence is likely a reference to Gilbert’s 1925 film “The Merry Widow” directed by Erich von Stroheim (who himself ...

  3. None of which was remotely true. Erich von Stroheim had just crossed the Atlantic on the Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm from Bremen, an 11-day voyage to what already felt like a new life. On that cold, grey November day in Manhattan, he began a new story with a new identity.

  4. Dec 23, 2022 · Spike Jonze’s yelling and gesticulating director is said to be German—I thought he sounded Italian—but that certainly might be an Erich von Stroheim reference.

  5. Aug 14, 2022 · In 1974, Jonathan Rosenbaum complained that most writing about the legendary Austrian film director and actor Erich von Stroheim got caught up in legends, in the fiction surrounding the teutonic magpie.

  6. Though the Austrian's mythic heritage involved a decorated military past and aristocratic background, von Stroheim's most notorious distinction became his relentlessly catastrophic relationship with Hollywood studios and the tragic fates that befell most of his cinematic output.

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  8. Aug 16, 2017 · While all three films are set in Europe, Blind Husbands and Foolish Wives are linked in crucial ways: exclusively based on Stroheim’s own stories and scenarios, they star Stroheim himself as...