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Blind Husbands

Play trailer Poster for Blind Husbands 1919,  1h 8m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 92% 13 Reviews Tomatometer 71% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
92% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 71% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
On vacation with her surgeon husband, Dr. Armstrong (Sam De Grasse), Margaret (Francilia Billington) feels neglected and flirts with Austrian Lt. Erich von Steuben (Erich von Stroheim). When the doctor is called away for an emergency, the lieutenant tries to enter Margaret's room but is stopped by Silent Sepp (Gibson Gowland), the couple's mountain guide. The doctor returns and goes hiking with the lieutenant but grows furious when he sees a note from his wife in the Austrian's pocket.

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Kat Sachs Chicago Reader Sep 18, 2025
There are moments of cinematographic sublimity that showcase von Stroheim’s preternatural gift as a filmmaker. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety Nov 12, 2019
This picture is sensational. It marks an epoch. Go to Full Review
Rod McShane Time Out Jun 24, 2006
It's a moral tale, as simplistic as it sounds, but what makes it distinctive is the use of design and the characters' personal mannerisms as fully functional elements of the director's overall moral purpose. Go to Full Review
Yasser Medina Cinefilia Feb 4, 2026
6/10
A silent melodrama that manifests Von Stroheim's early aesthetic ambitions for mise en scène, but whose narrative, unfortunately, lacks the emotional hook to sustain its themes of jealousy, infidelity, and marital lies. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey 48 Hills May 9, 2022
Telling a very similar story on a less grandiose scale, its runaway success amongst thrilled/shocked viewers turned “The Man You Love to Hate” into the talent studio executives were most tempted and tormented by throughout the Roaring Twenties. Go to Full Review
Michael Barrett PopMatters May 5, 2022
The director’s command of film technique was undeniable and remains masterful today.... Go to Full Review
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Jan 27, 2019 The best romance movie ever made!
Han R May 16, 2017 Blind Husbands is weaker in first act and it could have been even better overall, but it is still a very entertaining and interesting film about adultery. The second act is a lot of fun and the third is a spectacle. The film is very cozy, but also atmospheric accompanied by excellent imagery and superb cinematography that utilized its mountain setting so well. And the ending is romantic and sweet leading to a very good and interesting directorial debut from Erich von Stroheim. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Erich von Stroheim

Director

Erich von Stroheim

Lieutenant von Steuben

Francilia Billington

Margaret Armstrong

Sam De Grasse

Dr. Armstrong

Gibson Gowland

Silent Sepp (as T.H. Gibson Gowland)

Fay Holderness

The 'Vamp' Waitress

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Blind Husbands

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Movie Info

Synopsis On vacation with her surgeon husband, Dr. Armstrong (Sam De Grasse), Margaret (Francilia Billington) feels neglected and flirts with Austrian Lt. Erich von Steuben (Erich von Stroheim). When the doctor is called away for an emergency, the lieutenant tries to enter Margaret's room but is stopped by Silent Sepp (Gibson Gowland), the couple's mountain guide. The doctor returns and goes hiking with the lieutenant but grows furious when he sees a note from his wife in the Austrian's pocket.
Director
Erich von Stroheim
Producer
Erich von Stroheim
Screenwriter
Erich von Stroheim
Distributor
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Production Co
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Genre
Drama
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 21, 1919, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 11, 2016
Runtime
1h 8m
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