
September 22, 1885
Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was a multifaceted Austrian-American actor, director, and writer known for his contributions to cinema during the silent film era. He was renowned for his meticulous attention to detail as a director and for portraying intense, often morally amb…

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.

An escaped convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those who framed him.

A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.

Strange things happen at night at the St. Agil secondary school. Baume, Sorgue and Macroix - three of the school's pupils - discover a suspicious man on the premises. Shortly after this unsettling event, pupils begin to go missing.

A nobleman posing as a necktie salesman falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer although he is already married to the daughter of his country's war minister.

A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death, and telepathically begins to take control of those around him.

A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in whoever it is injected into. He uses the serum to paralyze his enemies, so that he can bury them alive.

A stage illusionist's comeback attempt results in his humiliation. He plots to revenge himself by hypnotizing people into committing murders for him.

Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the police they've spent the night together, ...

Karl Heinrich is the heir to the throne of the small European principality of Rutania, but he's a lonely child, not allowed to play with other children and knowing little about life outside the castle. When he reaches college age ...