Foolish Wives

Montmartre summer. A brass band skirled near a bridge. A gaudy uniformed grifter courts a silk-gloved diplomat’s wife in a gilt café while pickpockets rehearse under café tables. Von Stroheim’s silent-era satyr spins papier-mâché grandeur across crumbling velvet.

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Erich von Stroheim directed Foolish Wives in 1922. See Erich von Stroheim's full filmography, where to start with Erich von Stroheim, or where to go after you've seen everything by Erich von Stroheim.

Foolish Wives was released in 1922 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 143 minutes.