Foolish Wives

12
2h 23m
1922
6.4 /10 (100)

Overview

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

Country : United States of America
Languages : No Language
Released Date: 1922-01-11

Top Billed Cast

Erich von Stroheim

Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin

Rudolph Christians

Andrew J. Hughes

Miss DuPont

Helen Hughes

Maude George

Princess Olga Petchnikoff

Mae Busch

Princess Vera Petchnikoff

Dale Fuller

Maruschka

Cesare Gravina

Cesare Ventucci

Malvina Polo

Marietta

Albert Edmondson

Pavel Pavlich

Mary Philbin

Crippled Girl (uncredited)

Nigel De Brulier

Monk (uncredited)

C.J. Allen

Albert I

Robert Edeson

Andrew J. Hughes

Agnes Emerson

Bit Role

Louise Emmons

Mother Garoupe

Harrison Ford

Armless Soldier

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