Erich von Stroheim
10 titles
Filmography
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The Wedding March
(1928)A young, impoverished aristocrat falls in love with an innkeeper's daughter, but his parents wish him to marry for money and are against it.

The Great Flamarion
(1945)An extramartial affair and murder mystery told in flashback involving a vaudvillian marksman, his femme fatale assistant, and her alcholic husband.

The Great Gabbo
(1929)Increasingly isolated by his egotism, a ventriloquist is driven mad by his obsession with his dummy and a rejection by his former lover and assistant.

The Crime of Doctor Crespi
(1935)Dr. Crespi has a sinister plan for the colleague who stole his love: poisoning him with a paralytic serum that mimics death—and burying him alive.

Fugitive Road
(1934)This war drama explores the emotional inner life of an Austrian officer who must detain a Russian young woman and a New York gunman.

Sunset Boulevard
(1950)Gloria Swanson, as Norma Desmond, an aging silent-film queen, and William Holden, as the struggling young screenwriter who is held in thrall by her madness, created two of the screen's most memorable characters in "Sunset Boulevard." Winner of three Academy Awards, director Billy Wilder's powerful orchestration of the bizarre tale is a true cinematic classic. From the unforgettable opening sequence -- a body found floating in a decayed mansion's swimming pool -- through the inevitable unfolding of tragic destiny, "Sunset Boulevard" is the definitive statement on the dark and desperate side of Hollywood. Erich von Stroheim as Desmond's discoverer, ex-husband and butler, and Nancy Olson as the bright spot amidst unrelenting ominousness, are equally celebrated for their masterful performances.

Crimson Romance
(1934)After Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German hysteria before the Great War, he and his friend Bob Wilson leave America and join the German air force,

Storm Over Lisbon
(1944)Martin Scorsese Presents REPUBLIC REDISCOVERED—over 20 rarely seen films from the storied Republic Pictures library, restored and remastered by Paramount and personally curated by Martin Scorsese. In Storm Over Lisbon the owner of a Portugal nightclub works as a freelance spy. He tries to seduce information out of a US agent with the help of his nightclub dancer, but when she falls for the agent, both of their lives are endangered.

Five Graves to Cairo
(1943)During World War 2 an undercover British soldier tries get word to the Allies that the Germans have tons of supplies buried in 5 excavations across Egypt.

So Ends Our Night
(1941)Wanted by the Nazis, a trio of Jewish and dissident refugees try to stay one step ahead of the Gestapo as they attempt to flee to safety.