Foolish Wives (1922)
Foolish Wives (1922)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Erich von Stroheim
Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin / Director / Writer / Scenario Writer
Rudolph Christians
Andrew J. Hughes
Miss DuPont
Helen Hughes
Maude George
Princess Olga Petchnikoff
Mae Busch
Princess Vera Petchnikoff
Dale Fuller
Maruschka
Cesare Gravina
Cesare Ventucci
Malvina Polo
Marietta
Albert Edmondson
Pavel Pavlich
Mary Philbin
Crippled Girl (uncredited)
Nigel De Brulier
Monk (uncredited)
C.J. Allen
Albert I
Robert Edeson
Andrew J. Hughes
Marian Ainslee
Writer
Agnes Emerson
Bit Role
Louise Emmons
Mother Garoupe
Walter Anthony
Writer
Harrison Ford
Armless Soldier
Mrs. Kent
Dr. Judd's Wife
Edward Reinach
Secretary of State of Monaco
Louis K. Webb
Dr. Judd
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Jack R. Proctor
Assistant Director
Irving Thalberg
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 11, 1922
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 23m
Budget$1,100,000
Box Office$400,200
Genres
Wiki.
Foolish Wives is a 1922 American erotic silent drama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures under their Super-Jewel banner and written and directed by Erich von Stroheim. The drama features von Stroheim, Rudolph Christians, Miss DuPont, Maude George, and others.When released in 1922, the film was the most expensive film made at that time, and billed by Universal Studios as the "first million-dollar movie" to come out of Hollywood. Originally, von Stroheim intended the film to run anywhere between 6 and 10 hours, and be shown over two evenings, but Universal executives opposed this idea. The studio bosses cut the film drastically before the release date.Foolish Wives, and the fulsome media coverage that added to its “sensational notoriety”, elevated von Stroheim into the ranks of preeminent directors of the early 1920s.In 2008, Foolish Wives was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."