Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Directed by Erich von Stroheim
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Kino Lorber)
In Monte Carlo, a group of fake Russian aristocrats scheme of ways to exchange their counterfeit money for the real thing. Their leader, von Stroheim, sets his eyes on the wife of a visiting American diplomat. He plans to seduce her to gain her sympathy, and her money. Meanwhile, he scorns several other women in his life, one of whom becomes consumed with jealousy and plots her revenge. Long and melodramatic, with a conceited leading character that grows tiring, but made watchable by a couple of interesting scenes, such as the raging rainstorm, and a good eye for cinematography.
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