Blind Husbands is a 1919 American drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim. The film is an adaptation of the story The Pinnacle by Stroheim.
Film poster
Erich von Stroheim (as Lieutenant Eric Von Steuben) and Sam De Grasse (as Doctor Robert Armstrong) struggle in the film's climax
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. His 1924 film Greed is considered one of the finest and most important films ever made. After clashes with Hollywood studio bosses over budget and workers' rights problems, Stroheim found it difficult to find work as a director and subsequently became a well-respected character actor, particularly in French cinema.
Stroheim in 1946
Erich Von Stroheim caricature by John Held Jr.
Stroheim, c. 1920
Stroheim as Sergius Karamzin in Foolish Wives, 1922