Acting
Erich von Stroheim
- Titles
- 86movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1915 to 1966, busiest in 1937 and 1938 with 5 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 38top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Sunset Boulevard91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.0average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.0average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism5.3average 3.3
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
- Pathos6.6average 5.2
- Romance5.1average 3.8
- Social Commentary6.0average 4.9
- Psychological6.5average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.6, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.6, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
- Wholesome2.1, average 3.3
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 9
- Historical Setting 5
- Forbidden Love 5
- Character-Driven 4
- Melodrama 4
- Early Cinema 4
- Complex Relationships 3
- Psychological Thriller 3
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Silent Film 3
- Romance 3
- Social Commentary 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Denise VernacActorThe Mask of Diijon, La Danse de mort, One Does Not Die That Way, Alraune, Other Side of Paradise, +2 more- FFrank E. HullEditorGreed, Hello, Sister!, The Merry Widow, The Wedding March, The Honeymoon
Maude GeorgeActorFoolish Wives, The Wedding March, The Devil's Passkey, The Honeymoon
Dale FullerActorGreed, Foolish Wives, The Wedding March, The Honeymoon
Zasu PittsActorGreed, Hello, Sister!, The Wedding March, The Honeymoon
George FawcettActorThe Merry Widow, The Wedding March, The Honeymoon, Panthea
William H. DanielsCinematographerGreed, So Ends Our Night, As You Desire Me, Foolish Wives- EErnst NeubachWriterPersonal Column, One Does Not Die That Way, The Red Signal, Gibraltar
- BBen F. ReynoldsCinematographerGreed, Blind Husbands, Foolish Wives, The Devil's Passkey
Theodore J. PahleCinematographerAlibi, Gibraltar, Ultimatum, The Lafarge Case
Henri GuisolActorThunder Over Paris, The World Will Shake, Gambling Hell
Margo LionActorDevil and the Angel, La Danse de mort, The Lafarge Case
Movies and TV shows
782010s
1 title
as Captain von Rauffenstein (archive footage)
1960s
1 title
as (archive footage)
1950s
10 titles · average score 72
as Dr. Otto Von Harden
Original Story
as Sacha Zavaroff
as Dr Siefgried Traurig
69
as Ludwig van Beethoven
as Le professeur Kieffer
as William O'Hara
as Conrad Nagel
56
as Jacob ten Brinken
91
as Max von Mayerling
1940s
17 titles · average score 59
as Mathias Berthold
as Edgar
52
as Diijon
as Frank Davis
56
as The Great Flamarion
as Carl Hoffmeyer
38
as Prof. Franz Mueller
52
as Deresco
87
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
69
as Brenner
65
as Andre Desormeaux
1930s
23 titles · average score 68
as Emil Lasser / Monsieur Frank
73
as Walter, le professeur d'anglais
90
as Captain von Rauffenstein
66
as Winckler
as van Ludlow
74
Screenplay
51
as Dr. Andre Crespi
62
Scenario Writer, Director
85
Director, Original Story
72
as Carl Salter
53
as Valdar / Schiller Blecher
1920s
8 titles · average score 68
62
as Gabbo
as Prince Nicki
59
as Nicki / Prince Nickolas
70
Director, Writer
76
as Balloon Vendor (uncredited)
62
Costume Design
78
as Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin
Art Direction, Writer
1910s
18 titles · average score 68
83
as Lt. Erich von Steuben
as Herr Lieutenant Kurt von Schnieditz
as Eric von Eberhard
73
as A Hun
as Lieutenant
85
as Second Pharisee (uncredited)
57
as The Buzzard
52
as One of the Weazels (uncredited)
Assistant Director
59
Assistant Director
as Lutz
as School Clerk