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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. His 1924 film Greed (an adaptation of Frank Norris 's 1899 novel McTeague) is ...
Erich von Stroheim was an Austrian-born actor, writer and director who worked in Hollywood from 1914 to 1957. He is best known for his roles in The Grand Illusion, Sunset Boulevard and Greed, which he also co-wrote and directed.
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May 9, 2024 · Erich von Stroheim (born September 22, 1885, Vienna, Austria—died May 12, 1957, near Paris, France) was one of the most critically respected motion-picture directors of the 20th century, best known for the uncompromising realism and accuracy of detail in his films. He also wrote screenplays and won recognition as an actor, notably for roles as sadistic, monocled Prussian officers.
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Erich von Stroheim. Erich von Stroheim (geboren als Erich Oswald Stroheim; * 22. September 1885 in Wien, Österreich-Ungarn; † 12. Mai 1957 in Maurepas bei Paris, Frankreich) war ein US-amerikanischer Regisseur, Schauspieler, Drehbuchautor und Schriftsteller österreichischer Herkunft. Als Schauspieler war Stroheim oft in der Rolle des ...
Box office. $274,827. Greed is a 1924 American silent psychological drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim and based on the 1899 Frank Norris novel McTeague. It stars Gibson Gowland as Dr. John McTeague; ZaSu Pitts as Trina Sieppe, his wife; and Jean Hersholt as McTeague's friend and eventual enemy Marcus Schouler. The film tells ...
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. His 1924 film Greed is considered one of the finest and most important films ever made. After clashes with Hollywood studio bosses over budget and workers' rights problems, Stroheim found it difficult to find work as a director and subsequently became a well-respected character actor, particularly in ...
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Erich von Stroheim. Actor: Sunset Boulevard. Erich von Stroheim was born Erich Oswald Stroheim in 1885, in Vienna, Austria, to Johanna (Bondy), from Prague, and Benno Stroheim, a hatter from Gleiwitz, Germany (now Gliwice, Poland). His family was Jewish. After spending some time working in his father's hat factory, he emigrated to America around 1909. Working in various jobs he arrived in Hollywood in 1914 and got work in D.W. Griffiths'...
