91% Sunset Boulevard 110 min, [Drama, Film-Noir] [Billy Wilder] [29 Sep 1950]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 8.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 98%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 18 nominations.
Actors: Erich von Stroheim, Gloria Swanson, Nancy Olson, William Holden
Plot: A screenwriter is hired to rework a faded silent film star's script, only to find himself developing a dangerous relationship.
Writer: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
89% La Grande Illusion 113 min, [Drama, War] [Jean Renoir] [12 Sep 1938]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 97%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 1 nomination.
Actors: Dita Parlo, Erich von Stroheim, Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay
Plot: During the First World War, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are sent to a seemingly impenetrable fortress which seems impossible to escape from.
Writer: Charles Spaak (scenario and dialogue), Jean Renoir (scenario and dialogue)
Language: French, German, English, Russian Country: France More Info: IMDB
87% Five Graves to Cairo 96 min, APPROVED, [Thriller, War] [Billy Wilder] [12 Jul 1943]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews
Actors: Akim Tamiroff, Anne Baxter, Erich von Stroheim, Franchot Tone
Plot: During World War II, an undercover British soldier tries get word to the Allies that the Germans have tons of supplies buried in five excavations across Egypt.
Writer: Charles Brackett (screenplay), Billy Wilder (screenplay), Lajos Biró (play)
Language: English, German Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
74% As You Desire Me 70 min, APPROVED, [Drama] [George Fitzmaurice] [28 May 1932]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win.
Actors: Erich von Stroheim, Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Owen Moore
Plot: Budapest bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. A strange man (Tony) shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara...
Writer: Luigi Pirandello (play), Gene Markey (adaptation)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
73% The Wedding March 113 min, [Drama] [Erich von Stroheim] [06 Oct 1928]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win.
Actors: Erich von Stroheim, Fay Wray, Matthew Betz, Zasu Pitts
Plot: A young impoverished aristocrat falls in love with an inn-keepers daughter, but has to marry money.
Writer: Harry Carr, Erich von Stroheim
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
69% Blind Husbands 99 min, [Drama, Romance] [Erich von Stroheim] [07 Dec 1919]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.9/10, External Reviews
Actors: Erich von Stroheim, Francelia Billington, Gibson Gowland, Sam De Grasse
Plot: An Austrian officer sets out to seduce a neglected young wife.
Writer: Erich von Stroheim (book), Erich von Stroheim (adaption), Erich von Stroheim (scenario by), Lillian Ducey (titles by)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
66% The Great Flamarion 78 min, APPROVED, [Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery] [Anthony Mann] [30 Mar 1945]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.6/10, External Reviews
Actors: Dan Duryea, Erich von Stroheim, Mary Beth Hughes, Steve Barclay
Plot: Flamarion, expert marksman, is entertaining people in a show which features Connie, beautiful woman and her husband Al. Flamarion and Connie fall in love and decide to get rid of the ...
Writer: Anne Wigton (screenplay), Heinz Herald (screenplay), Richard Weil (screenplay), Anne Wigton (story), Vicki Baum (based on a character created by)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
64% The Great Gabbo 92 min, PASSED, [Drama, Musical, Romance] [James Cruze, Erich von Stroheim] [12 Sep 1929]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 67%, External Reviews
Actors: Betty Compson, Donald Douglas, Erich von Stroheim, Marjorie Kane
Plot: An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.
Writer: Ben Hecht (story "The Rival Dummy"), Hugh Herbert (continuity), Hugh Herbert (dialogue)
Language: German, English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
58% Storm Over Lisbon 86 min, APPROVED, [Action, Mystery, Thriller] [George Sherman] [16 Oct 1944]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 5.8/10, External Reviews
Actors: Erich von Stroheim, Richard Arlen, Robert Livingston, Vera Ralston
Plot: Deresco owner of a night club in neutral Portugal, works a free-lance spy for everybody who can afford his price. He tries to get information from US agent John Craig with help from ...
Writer: Doris Gilbert (screenplay), Dane Lussier (adaptation), Elizabeth Meehan (story)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia