Review of Blind Husbands (1919) by Spencer P — 16 May 2016

With wonderful direction, natural acting, and strong, realistic emotion; Stroheim makes an emblematic debut into film with this marriage story.

This review of Blind Husbands (1919) was written by Spencer P on 16 May 2016.

Blind Husbands has generally received positive reviews.

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Erich Von Stroheim at his sleazy best as an effete Prussian Officer who uses his high western culture in low ways to seduce the wife of an…

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By Rob L (734) on 02 Feb 2009

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