Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant garde, visionary director of the silent era. His masterpiece adaptation of Frank Norris's McTeague titled Greed is considered one of the finest and most important films ever made. 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. For his early innovations as a director, Stroheim is still celebrated as one of the first of the auteur directors. He helped introduce more sophisticated plots and noirish sexual and psychological undercurrents into cinema. He died in 1957 in France of prostate cancer at the age of 71. Beloved by Parisian neo-Surrealists known as Letterists, he was honored by Letterist Maurice Lemaître with a 70-minute 1979 film entitled "Erich von Stroheim."
Erich von Stroheim
Active - 1915 - 2007 |
Birth - Sep 22, 1885 |
Death - May 12, 1957 |
Genres - Drama, Silent Film, War, Romance, Comedy
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Subgenres - Silent Film, Silent Feature, Comedy Drama, Epic Film, Film Noir
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Count von Stroheim, Eric O.H. von Stroheim, Eric Von Stroheim, Erich Oswald Stroheim, Erich Stroheim, Erich Von Stroheim, Karl von Stroheim, The Man You Love to Hate-
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