A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.
- Awards
- 1 win
Miss DuPont
- Helen Hughes
- (as Miss Dupont)
Erich von Stroheim
- Count Sergius Karamzin - Capt. 3rd Hussars Imper. Russian Army
- (as Erich Von Stroheim)
Albert Edmondson
- Pavel Pavlich
- (as Al Edmondson)
Malvina Polo
- Marietta Ventucci
- (as Malvine Polo)
Nigel De Brulier
- Monk
- (uncredited)
Robert Edeson
- Andrew J. Hughes
- (uncredited)
Agnes Emerson
- Bit Role
- (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
- Mother Garoupe
- (uncredited)
Harrison Ford
- Rude Soldier
- (uncredited)
- …
Valerie Germonprez
- Extra
- (uncredited)
Mrs. Kent
- Dr. Judd's Wife
- (uncredited)
Mme. Kopetzky
- Actress
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaErich von Stroheim's excesses on the film also included ordering lavish evening gowns from Paris, silk stockings, and monogrammed silk underwear for his actors to wear so they could "feel more like aristocrats." He decorated his sets with real porcelain, tapestries and crystal chandeliers. At banquet scenes he insisted on using real champagne and caviar. When asked by a studio executive why he couldn't substitute ginger ale and blackberry jam as props for the champagne and caviar, von Stroheim replied, "Because my actors will know the difference, I will know the difference, and the camera will know the difference."
- GoofsWhen the original actor playing Mr. Hughes died in the middle of filming, he was replaced by a double, who completed his scenes with his back mostly to the camera. Apparently, however, nobody noticed that the original actor had significantly darker hair than his replacement. Therefore, Mr. Hughes's hair turns white in several scenes, including the sequence where his wife says goodbye to him in the casino, and his confrontation with the count at the villa.
- Quotes
Count Sergius Karamzin - Capt. 3rd Hussars Imper. Russian Army: Yes-husbands are stupid; with them a woman won is a woman secure...
- Alternate versionsThe Kino Video edition released in 2003 is 143 minutes.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975)
Featured review
A Woman and Her Money Are Soon Parted
Three Russian aristocrats lease a villa from which they can luxuriously enjoy Monte Carlo. They are: maid-pinching Maude George (as Princess Olga Petchnikoff), blonde-wigged Mae Busch (as Princess Vera Petchnikoff), and monocled lady-killer Erich von Stroheim (as Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin). You should also keep an eye on their foolish maid, Dale Fuller (as Maruschka). Mr. von Stroheim is the film's star, director, and writer. It becomes obvious the trio are really counterfeiting con artists. The gang of three are intrigued by the notice of the arrival of American Envoy Rudolph Christians (as Andrew J. Hughes) and his wife Miss DuPont (as Helen); they decide to strike up a societal acquaintanceship with the Americans, to help provide cover for their swindling. Then, von Stroheim shows Ms. DuPont his stiff cane, and give her bare legs a leer
Have a great laugh when Ms. DuPont, while applying her face cream, declares she is twenty-one years old; husband's reply he that is a sun-burned forty-one shows he can shave off years with the best of them. Mr. Christians died during the production, and his white-haired replacement, back to the camera, is obvious; with all the expense obviously spent on "Foolish Wives", it's difficult to understand why von Stroheim could not add a little bit of cheap shoe polish to Robert Edeson's head. There are other problems with the story, which was brutally cut down from a multi-hour epic. Still, the studio heads could not cut the neither the length of von Stroheim's cigarettes, nor the fact that his (vanity) production of "Foolish Wives" retains its spectacle.
Have a great laugh when Ms. DuPont, while applying her face cream, declares she is twenty-one years old; husband's reply he that is a sun-burned forty-one shows he can shave off years with the best of them. Mr. Christians died during the production, and his white-haired replacement, back to the camera, is obvious; with all the expense obviously spent on "Foolish Wives", it's difficult to understand why von Stroheim could not add a little bit of cheap shoe polish to Robert Edeson's head. There are other problems with the story, which was brutally cut down from a multi-hour epic. Still, the studio heads could not cut the neither the length of von Stroheim's cigarettes, nor the fact that his (vanity) production of "Foolish Wives" retains its spectacle.
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- Nov 26, 2007
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- Budget
- $1,100,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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