Törichte Frauen (1922)
17KTörichte Frauen: Directed by Erich von Stroheim. With Rudolph Christians, Miss DuPont, Maude George, Mae Busch. A con artist masquerades a Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.
“Lots has been written on the subject and like many others I highly enjoyed the beautiful cinematography, the reconstitution ( both impressive and accurate to the minutest details ), the wit of the titles. However, what actually carried me away is the recurrence of weird finds. In what other movie indeed can you find details like these : – a countess pinching the arm of her maid – a man drinking a calfu0026#39;s blood cocktail first thing in the morning – a US special envoy having trouble in taking off his gloves in front of a prince – a disaster-movie summer storm preventing two would-be sinners from going beyond the point of no return – a wicked hypocrite shedding tears of…TEA ?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eStroheim is really the prince of eccentrics ( and not a bogus one ! ) and we love him for that”
