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Greed

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1924 · 2h 20m · Not Rated Crime, Drama
Directed by Erich von Stroheim

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Overview

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

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96%
Tomatometer
Fresh

McTeague is surely a great novel, but one reason Greed is even better is that Stroheim had more lived experience to bring to the material.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

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

Mordaunt Hall, New York Times
Fresh

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.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

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.

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

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