Greed

Greed

1924 · 140 min · EN · NR · 7.3 (202 votes)
Dir. Erich von Stroheim · Starring Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller, Tempe Pigott, Sylvia Ashton · Music William Axt

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When housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.

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A chilling, starkly moralistic silent film that slowly suffocates under the weight of human avarice. It's a grim, unsettling descent into obsession and ruin, leaving a profound sense of dread.

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