A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.
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Movie1922·143 min
Foolish Wives
Directed by Erich von Stroheim
A drama thriller film directed by Erich von Stroheim.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 64%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
6.5/10
107 ratings
About Foolish Wives
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Moderate (4 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Stylized, Gritty
- Story Tags
- betrayal, obsession, corruption power, early 1900s, international, grand estate, hotel transit, strangers forced together, con artist trickster, femme fatale, con deception, hidden identity, cat and mouse