Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

  • Born: 1885-9-22
  • Birthplace: Austria
  • Height: 5' 6¼" (1.68 m)
  • Profession: Actor, director, screenwriter, assistant director
  • Nationality: America
  • Representative Works: "Sunset Boulevard" "Party Facing Differences" "The Birth of a Nation"
  • Erich Von Stroheim (Erich Von Stroheim), is one of the greatest actors and directors of the silent film period in the United States, and has made an indelible contribution to the development of world film art.
    He started directing movies in the early 1920s and directed a total of 36 films. Among them, "Stupid Wife" and "Greedy" are his two most important works. Erich Von Stroheim is a real artist.
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    Intolerance quotes

    • Intertitle: Ancient Jerusalem, the golden city whose people have given us many of our highest ideals, and from the carpenter shop of Bethlehem, sent us the Man of Men, the greatest enemy of intolerance.

    • Intertitle: Another period of the past. A.D. 1572-Paris, a hotbed of intolerance, in the time of Catherine de Medici, and her son Charles IX, King of France. Charles IX receiving his brother, Monsieur La France, Duc d'Anjou. The heir to the throne, the effeminate Monsieur La France. Pets and toys his pastimes.