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Foolish Wives (1922)

11/01/1922 (US)Drama, Thriller2h 23m
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Overview

A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Erich von Stroheim

      Erich von Stroheim

      Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin

    2. Rudolph Christians

      Rudolph Christians

      Andrew J. Hughes

    3. Miss DuPont

      Miss DuPont

      Helen Hughes

    4. Maude George

      Maude George

      Princess Olga Petchnikoff

    5. Mae Busch

      Mae Busch

      Princess Vera Petchnikoff

    6. Dale Fuller

      Dale Fuller

      Maruschka

    7. Cesare Gravina

      Cesare Gravina

      Cesare Ventucci

    8. Malvina Polo

      Marietta

    9. Albert Edmondson

      Pavel Pavlich

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    6.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jul 6, 2022

    It's a soap. Despite all the associated history of cuts, recuts and restoration it is still just a beautifully photographed soap opera. Erich von Stroheim did just about everything in this entertaining, if a little too cyclical, tale of a cad. That cad "Count Sergius Karanzim" (EVS) parades around the Côte D'Azur luring unsuspecting (wealthy) women to his rented villa in which he, with his two "cousins" (Maude George & Mae Busch as the Princesses "Petchnikoff") fleeces them relentlessly. For quite a while his charm, wit and guile provides them with a good living until he aims a little too high...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$1,100,000.00

    Revenue$400,200.00

    Keywords

    • court
    • monte carlo
    • wig