Foolish Wives
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Foolish Wives is a 1922 silent drama film directed by and starring Erich von Stroheim, renowned for its lavish production, psychological complexity, and early exploration of cinematic realism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Foolish Wives canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Ben F. Reynolds
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William H. Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReputation | considered a landmark of early Hollywood realism ⓘ |
| director | Erich von Stroheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| estimatedBudget | over 1,000,000 US dollars ⓘ |
| filmFormat |
35 mm
ⓘ
black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
silent drama ⓘ |
| hasFilmCensorshipHistory | subject to cuts by studio and censors ⓘ |
| hasFilmEditingBy | Arthur Ripley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class and social pretense
ⓘ
fraud and deception ⓘ moral hypocrisy ⓘ sexual manipulation ⓘ |
| includedIn | various film preservation and restoration projects ⓘ |
| influenced | later psychological and realist cinema ⓘ |
| knownFor | extremely high production cost for its time ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Count Sergius Karamzin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | Erich von Stroheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketingClaim | “the first million-dollar picture” ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of decadence and moral corruption
ⓘ
early cinematic realism ⓘ lavish production values ⓘ psychological complexity ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| partOf | Erich von Stroheim filmography ⓘ |
| portrays |
attempted seduction and swindling of an American diplomat’s wife
ⓘ
impostor Russian aristocrats ⓘ |
| producer | Erich von Stroheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| runningTime | various cuts; original version significantly longer than surviving prints ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-World War I era ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Monte Carlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Erich von Stroheim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mae Busch NERFINISHED ⓘ Maude George NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss DuPont NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudolph Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studioBacklotUsed | Universal City, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | survives in shortened, reconstructed versions ⓘ |
| writer | Erich von Stroheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.