Foolish Wives
A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.
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Cast
19 people
Erich von Stroheim
Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
Grand Illusion
Rudolph Christians
Andrew J. Hughes
Also in
Deep Waters
Human Stuff
Miss DuPont
Helen Hughes
Also in
Hula
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
Maude George
Princess Olga Petchnikoff
Also in
The Wedding March
The Garden of Eden
Mae Busch
Princess Vera Petchnikoff
Known for
Sons of the Desert
The Unholy Three
Dale Fuller
Maruschka
Known for
Greed
Twentieth Century
Cesare Gravina
Cesare Ventucci
Known for
The Man Who Laughs
Malvina Polo
Marietta
Known for
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Albert Edmondson
Pavel Pavlich
Also in
Merry-Go-Round
Midnight at the Old Mill
Mary Philbin
Crippled Girl (uncredited)
Known for
The Phantom of the Opera
The Man Who Laughs
Nigel De Brulier
Monk (uncredited)
Known for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
C.J. Allen
Albert I
Also in
Mr. Bean
Juliet Bravo
Erich von Stroheim Director · William H. Daniels Cinematographer Ben F. Reynolds Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $400K · Budget $1.1M · United States release January 11, 1922
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Budget
$1,100,000
Worldwide gross
$400,200
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · January 11, 1922
Theatrical
Austria
January 1, 1923 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 1, 1924 · Theatrical
Finland
March 23, 1924 · Theatrical
Japan
February 1, 1923 · Theatrical
Peru
August 1, 1924 · Theatrical
Portugal
July 28, 1925 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 26, 1922 · Theatrical
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