
Foolish Wives
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Release Date
1/11/1922Runtime
143 minsOverview
A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$1,100,000Revenue
$400,200Homepage
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A silent-era morality tale where a charming fraudster's elaborate con gradually spirals into something far more dangerous. It's a coolly calculated character study draped in the glamour and decay of Monte Carlo society.
Mood
UnsettlingTense
Themes
IdentityClassObsession
Tone
Ironic
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
FormalistHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Sexual content

Erich von Stroheim
Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin

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
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