FOOLISH WIVES
Special Features: 100th Anniversary. New DCP Restoration. Live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton
A trio of Russian con artists uses a luxurious villa above Monte Carlo to prey on wealthy marks in this European playground of postwar decadence. In addition to directing and writing the film, Erich von Stroheim — in the monocled role that solidified him as "the man you love to hate" — stars as the fraudulent Count Karamzin, who targets moneyed women to blackmail them with the help of "cousins" Mae Busch and Maude George. The opulent sets — with the California coast standing in for Monaco — shine in this glorious restoration by MoMA and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. (Note adapted from San Francisco Silent Film Festival.) DIR/SCR Erich von Stroheim; PROD Carl Laemmle, Irving Thalberg. U.S., 1922, b&w, 147 min. Silent with English intertitles. NOT RATED
Restoration by MoMA and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
No AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 147 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, November 12, 2022
Genre: Silent drama
