Greed (Les rapaces) 1924 Watch Full Movie in HD

Zasu Pitts

3 January 1894, Parsons, Kansas, USA

Gibson Gowland

4 January 1877, Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK

Jean Hersholt

12 July 1886, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dale Fuller

17 June 1885, Santa Ana, California, USA

Tempe Pigott

Sylvia Ashton

Chester Conklin

11 January 1886, Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA

Joan Standing

Cesare Gravina

23 January 1858, Naples, Italy

Alexander Rose

Erich von Ritzau

July 6, 1877 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Erich von Stroheim

22 September 1885, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Trina

Played by: Zasu Pitts

McTeague

Played by: Gibson Gowland

Marcus

Played by: Jean Hersholt

'Popper' Sieppe

Played by: Chester Conklin

Boulder Weekly

Von Stroheim's butchered masterpiece

September 03, 2004

Village Voice

Von Stroheim's rep, after a long dormancy, has been on the rise, and this is the best evidence of his work you'll get until someone finds those lost five hours in some Ukrainian subcellar.

June 17, 2008

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The Spectator

On behalf of the minority of film-goers who will, however even they may be shocked by [Erich von Stroheim's] fierce realism, perceive that he has made here a masterpiece in quite a new manner, one feels inclined to thank him.

May 08, 2018

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Village Voice

Von Stroheim's rep, after a long dormancy, has been on the rise, and this is the best evidence of his work you'll get until someone finds those lost five hours in some Ukrainian subcellar.

January 01, 2000

ColeSmithey.com

Even in its severely edited form Von Stroheim's masterpiece is just that; a masterpiece.

December 12, 2006

Electric Sheep

A fascinating, exhilarating, immensely satisfying experience.

September 03, 2015

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Radio Times

[Stroheim's] obsession with realistic detail reached its zenith during the final sequences in Death Valley, where the actors suffered hugely for the director's art.

May 28, 2003

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Nitrate Online

Von Stroheim's groundbreaking film is still intriguing.

June 09, 2004

Chicago Sun-Times

Erich von Stroheim's Greed (1925), like the Venus de Milo, is acclaimed as a classic despite missing several parts deemed essential by its creator.

January 06, 2002

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Variety

The picture brings to light three great character performances by Gibson Gowland as McTeague, Jean Hersholt as the chum, and ZaSu Pitts as the wife.

February 23, 2012

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New York Times

Mr. von Stroheim has not missed a vulgar point, but on the other hand his direction of the effort is cunningly dramatic.

March 25, 2006

Time Out

Even now its relentlessly cynical portrait of physical and moral squalor retains the ability to shock, while the Von's obsessive attention to realist detail is never prosaic.

February 09, 2006

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