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Bookmark this pageBlind Husbands (1918)
Director: Erich von Stroheim
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From Time Out Film Guide
Stroheim's first film as director (he also wrote, starred in, and designed the sets for it). Apart from the naturalistic acting styles from all the principals, Blind Husbands is not particularly remarkable in itself; but it adequately signposts many of the aspects of Stroheim's later work which make him unique. Stroheim himself plays the aristocratic officer attempting to seduce the neglected wife of a young American on holiday in the Austro-Italian Alps. It's a moral tale, as simplistic as it sounds, but what makes it distinctive is the use of design and the characters' personal mannerisms as fully functional elements of the director's overall moral purpose.Author: RM
Cast & crew
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Producer: Carl Laemmle
Cast: Erich von Stroheim, TH Gibson Gowland, Sam De Grasse, Francelia Billington, Fay Holderness full cast
Duration: 8 mins
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