[9], Stroheim was married three times. Comedy. Erich von Stroheim as Max von Mayerling, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in the final scene of 'Sunset Boulevard', directed by Billy Wilder, 1950. [15] The film was partially reconstructed in 1999 by producer Rick Schmidlin, using the existing footage mixed with surviving still photographs, but the original cut of Greed has passed into cinema lore as a lost masterpiece. Erich von Stroheims Kindheit und Jugend in Wien liegen weitgehend im Dunkeln, und nur wenige Fakten aus dieser Zeit wurden bekannt. Von Stroheim shot in San Francisco with his actors in period dress and silent movie makeup while the city itself was represented in its modern form. In Renoir's movie La Grande Illusion, Stroheim speaks German with what seems to be an American accent. 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). Featured role. Extant. He was forced to limit his career to acting. Before making it in show business, worked at a department store wrapping holiday packages and as a mountain guide at Lake Tahoe. Co-stars: The Great Gabbo - a U.S. based ventriloquist. After appearing in 1950's Sunset Boulevard, Stroheim moved to France where he spent the last part of his life. Stroheim had long wanted to do a film version of the book. Originally running an astonishing 10 hours when it was produced in 1925, Greed suffered one of Hollywood's unkindest cuts. Max Cossvan was to produce the film for Demo-Film. Gabbo's girlfriend and assistant Mary (Betty Compson) loves him, but is driven to leave him by his megalomania, … During the voyage, he re-invented his origins as "Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim," son of a German Baroness and an Austrian Count and a … Featured role. Studio publicity for Foolish Wives claimed that it was the first film to cost $1 million. He was taken by cancer in Maurepas, France, on April 12, 1957, at the age of 71. Starring role. Deresco: spy for Japan who owns a Lisbon nightclub as a front. They do not forget. Director and screenwriter: von Stroheim. Starring role. Extant. Co-starring role. Media in category "Films by Erich von Stroheim" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. For his early innovations as a director, Stroheim is still celebrated as one of the first of the auteur directors. Costumed in tailored military uniforms accessorized with gleaming medals, Austrian émigré … Additionally, Stroheim acted as one of the many assistant directors on Intolerance, a film remembered in part for its huge cast of extras. In 1929, Stroheim was dismissed as the director of the film Queen Kelly after disagreements with star Gloria Swanson and producer and financier Joseph P. Kennedy over the mounting costs of the film and Stroheim's introduction of indecent subject matter into the film's scenario. For the latter film, which costarred Gloria Swanson, Stroheim was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. As a director, Stroheim was known to be dictatorial and demanding, often antagonizing his actors. He originally started it as a project with Samuel Goldwyn's Goldwyn Pictures. [2], Both Billy Wilder and Stroheim's agent Paul Kohner claimed that he spoke with a decidedly lower-class Austrian accent. Co-starring role. Erich von Stroheim was a famous director in silent films, but after 1929 was unable to find work due to his abrasive personality. Renoir was exaggerating a bit about Stroheim's lost ability to speak his native tongue. Gabbo's gimmick is his astonishing ability to make Otto talk—and even sing—while Gabbo himself smokes, drinks and eats. Cameo. Director, screenwriter, and star: von Stroheim. The original print ran for an astonishing 10 hours. "[8], However, the fashion photographer Helmut Newton, whose first language was German, used a clip from a Stroheim film on which to base one of his fantasy nude photographs, and he has commented that in the clip Stroheim speaks "a very special kind of Prussian officer lingo – it's very abrupt: it's very, very funny". Music composed and copyrighted by Edward Rolf Boensnes. [16][17], Working in France on the eve of World War II, Stroheim was prepared to direct the film La dame blanche from his own story and screenplay. He was married to Margaret Knox from 1913 to 1915; His second marriage was to Mae Jones from 1916 to 1919. Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. His adaptation of Frank Norris's McTeague titled Greedis considered one of the finest and most important films ever made. Of all of his films, only THE MERRY WIDOW survives in a form that is close to what he wanted. Seine Geburtsurkunde belegt, dass er und seine Familie Mitglieder der jüdischen Gemeinde waren. Recurring tropes in his films include the portrayal of janitors, and the depiction of characters with physical disabilities.[2]. 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. Made his directorial debut with the film Blind Husbands in 1919. 徹底した リアリズム で知られ、完全主義者・浪費家・暴君などと呼ばれた。. In 1923, Stroheim began work on Merry-Go-Round. Director, writer, and star: von Stroheim. Erich von Stroheim, egentligen Erich Oswald Stroheim, född 22 september 1885 i Wien i Österrike-Ungern, död 12 maj 1957 i Maurepas i Frankrike, var en österrikisk-amerikansk skådespelare, filmregissör, manusförfattare och filmproducent.. Biografi. Le docteur Mathias Berthold: a widower whose wife was killed in a train accident sleep walks and sabotages train tracks until he is cured by Viennese psychiatrists. Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. He is considered one of the greatest directors of the silent era, creating films that represent cynical and romantic views of human nature. [2] He died of prostate cancer in France in 1957, at the age of 71. [6][7] On arrival at Ellis Island, he claimed to be Count Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim und Nordenwall, the son of Austrian nobility like the characters he would go on to play in his films. [19], "Lubitsch shows you first the king on the throne, then as he is in the bedroom. [5], Stroheim emigrated to America aboard the SS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm[2] on November 26, 1909. Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin (Russian Captain of Hussars): false Russian nobleman and con artist. He appeared as a guest star in the 1953 anthology drama television series Orient Express in the episode titled The Man of Many Skins. エリッヒ・フォン・シュトロハイム （Erich von Stroheim、 1885年 9月22日 - 1957年 5月12日 ）は、 オーストリア で生まれ ハリウッド で活躍した 映画監督 ・ 俳優 。. Starring. Carl Hoffmeyer: infamous German art collector determined to steal the Mona Lisa at outbreak of World War 2. Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-born film star of the silent era, subsequently noted as an auteur for his directorial work. He was probably fired from more movies that anybody else in Hollywood. Director, screenwriter, co-producer: von Stroheim. His first film, in 1915, was The Country Boy, in which he was uncredited. Victor Sangrito: a cruel, blackmailing husband and rare porcelain dealer. [12] Mathis gave the print to a cutter, who reduced it to 2.5 hours. Walter: eerie English language teacher at Parisian boarding school. Arthur von Furst: dictatorial Hollywood film director. Knowing this version was far too long, Stroheim cut almost half the footage, reducing it to a six-hour version to be shown over two nights. The shortened release version was a box-office failure, and was angrily disowned by Stroheim. Edgar: a bitter, fallen prison warden in charge of a sunless, island fortress. He had to study his lines like a schoolboy learning a foreign language. Starring role. Co-starring role. (In the 1932 film The Lost Squadron Stroheim played a parody of himself as a fanatic German film director making a World War I movie who orders extras playing dead soldiers to "Stay dead!") The production was prevented by the outbreak of the war on September 1, 1939, and Stroheim returned to the United States.[18]. Erich von Stroheim Jr. was born on August 25, 1916 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Erich Oswald Stroheim. Captain Wolters: World War I German airforce officer. In The Great Gabbo, Stroheim's German, though fluid, has Midwestern American r's. Yet this film is the least representative of his films. Co-starring role. Co-starring role. Max von Mayerling: ex-Hollywood silent film director now working as a butler for his ex-wife and ex-silent film star Norma Desmond. Werner von Krall: international arms smuggler and dealer. Working in various jobs he arrived in ... Nicki / Prince Nickolas von Wildeliebe-Rauffenburg, Maurepas, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France, Review: Billy Wilder's "Five Graves To Cairo" (1943) Starring Franchot Tone; Blu-ray Special Edition, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, Compression Foolish Wives de Erich von Stroheim, Compression Menaces de Edmond T. Gréville, Compression Macao, l'enfer du jeu de Jean Delannoy, An Informal Conversation with Billy Wilder, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies. However, in the midst of filming, Goldwyn Pictures was bought by Marcus Loew and merged into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Similarly, in his French-speaking roles, von Stroheim speaks with a noticeable American accent. Vernac also starred with him in several films. Cameo. Captain von Rauffenstein: commander of a POW camp/castle. However, he first found work as a traveling salesman – work which took him to San Francisco and then Hollywood. His family was Jewish. Stroheim spent his last years living in France where his films from the silent era were still highly respected. Director and screenwriter: von Stroheim. Two of Stroheim's sons eventually joined the film business: Erich Jr. (1916–1968) as an assistant director[10] and Josef (1922–2002) as a sound editor.[11]. In 1956, Stroheim began to suffer severe back pain that was diagnosed as prostate cancer. Excerpts from Queen Kelly were used in the film. After clashes with Hollywood studio bosses over budget and workers' rights issues, Stroheim was banned for life as a director and subsequently became a well-respected character actor, particularly in French cinema.