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Greed (Les rapaces)
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The 140-minute version is all that remains, and while it's only a quarter of the film it was meant to be, it's still one of the greatest accomplishments of the silent film era.
The 140-minute version is all that remains, and while it's only a quarter of the film it was meant to be, it's still one of the greatest accomplishments of the silent film era.
Actors:
Erich von Ritzau,
Gibson Gowland,
Erich von Stroheim,
Sylvia Ashton,
Alexander Rose,
Chester Conklin,
Zasu Pitts,
Dale Fuller,
Cesare Gravina,
Jean Hersholt,
Joan Standing,
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Erich von Ritzau
July 6, 1877 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Gibson Gowland
4 January 1877, Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK
Erich von Stroheim
22 September 1885, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Sylvia Ashton
Alexander Rose
Chester Conklin
11 January 1886, Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA
Zasu Pitts
3 January 1894, Parsons, Kansas, USA
Dale Fuller
17 June 1885, Santa Ana, California, USA
Cesare Gravina
23 January 1858, Naples, Italy
Jean Hersholt
12 July 1886, Copenhagen, Denmark
Joan Standing
Director:
Erich von Stroheim
Country:
United States
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June 09, 2004
Von Stroheim's groundbreaking film is still intriguing.June 17, 2008
Von Stroheim's rep, after a long dormancy, has been on the rise, and this is the best evidence of his work you'll get until someone finds those lost five hours in some Ukrainian subcellar.May 28, 2003
[Stroheim's] obsession with realistic detail reached its zenith during the final sequences in Death Valley, where the actors suffered hugely for the director's art.
Village Voice
January 01, 2000
Von Stroheim's rep, after a long dormancy, has been on the rise, and this is the best evidence of his work you'll get until someone finds those lost five hours in some Ukrainian subcellar.
Boulder Weekly
September 03, 2004
Von Stroheim's butchered masterpieceMay 08, 2018
On behalf of the minority of film-goers who will, however even they may be shocked by [Erich von Stroheim's] fierce realism, perceive that he has made here a masterpiece in quite a new manner, one feels inclined to thank him.February 23, 2012
The picture brings to light three great character performances by Gibson Gowland as McTeague, Jean Hersholt as the chum, and ZaSu Pitts as the wife.February 09, 2006
Even now its relentlessly cynical portrait of physical and moral squalor retains the ability to shock, while the Von's obsessive attention to realist detail is never prosaic.
ColeSmithey.com
December 12, 2006
Even in its severely edited form Von Stroheim's masterpiece is just that; a masterpiece.
New York Times
March 25, 2006
Mr. von Stroheim has not missed a vulgar point, but on the other hand his direction of the effort is cunningly dramatic.September 03, 2015
A fascinating, exhilarating, immensely satisfying experience.January 06, 2002
Erich von Stroheim's Greed (1925), like the Venus de Milo, is acclaimed as a classic despite missing several parts deemed essential by its creator.