The best Erich von Stroheim’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Erich von Stroheim’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Erich von Stroheim.
Sunset Boulevard
8.4/10
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Greed
8/10
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
Five Graves to Cairo
7.3/10
The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, afraid of the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans. John assumes the identity of the recently deceased waiter to survive.
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
7.7/10
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Grand Illusion
8.1/10
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
Napoleon
6/10
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
The North Star
5.9/10
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941.
Foolish Wives
7/10
“Count” Karamzin, a Don Juan, lives off the money he scams from rich ladies who are attracted by his charms and his title. Having set up shop in Monte Carlo, he and his partners in crime pick their next target: the wife of an American diplomat.
Armored Attack!
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Re-edited version of The North Star (1943), to remove positive references to Soviet Union and include narration about the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.
The Great Flamarion
6.5/10
A vaudevillian is tricked into murder by a bored wife.
Souls for Sale
7/10
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Blind Husbands
6.9/10
An Austrian military officer and roue' attempts to seduce the wife of a surgeon. The two men confront each other in a test of abilities that ends surprisingly.
The Wedding March
7.4/10
A young impoverished aristocrat falls in love with an inn-keepers daughter, but has to marry money.
As You Desire Me
6.3/10
Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno, claiming that her memory was destroyed during World War I. Zara doesn't remember but leaves with Tony to Salter's dismay. Bruno, now an officer in the Italian Army, tries to coax Maria's memory back on his large estate. No one is really sure if Zara is Maria, and when Salter shows up with a mental case from Trieste that he claims is the real Maria, everyone on Bruno's estate is desperately searching for the truth.
Storm Over Lisbon
5.6/10
A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.
Fugitive Road
5.9/10
An Austrian officer must face up to the good and evil aspects of his own personality as he becomes involved in a war.
So Ends Our Night
6.8/10
An anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.
The Great Gabbo
6/10
For the ventriloquist Gabbo his wooden dummy Otto is the only means of expression. When he starts relying more and more on Otto, he starts going mad.
The Lady and the Monster
5.6/10
A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death by a scientist and his two assistants, only to create a telepathic monster.
Menaces...
6.5/10
"Menaces" deals with the months before WW2 in a hotel :t he fear of the impending war never leaves the guests of an hotel in Paris.
