USA,
1923, 110 min
Screenplay:
Erich von StroheimCast:
Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, George Siegmann, Edith Yorke, Spottiswoode Aitken, Albert Conti, Charles King, Sidney Bracey, AntonĂn Vaverka, Maude George (more)Plots(1)
In Vienna circa World War I, decadent Count Franz Maximillian von Hohenegg (Norman Kerry), posing as a necktie salesman, falls in love with innocent Agnes (Mary Philbin), an organ grinder in the city's pleasure zone. An edgy assortment of characters including Franz's cigar-puffing mother, a sadistic brute and rapist, a sensitive hunchback and his trained gorilla, and royalty and circus freaks populate this lavishly-produced and fascinating cinematic classic. (official distributor synopsis)
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