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Blind Husbands

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Blind Husbands
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Movie Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing United States
Directed by Erich von Stroheim
Release Date December 7, 1919
Language Silent
Studio Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Distributor Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Main Cast
Character Actor
Doctor Robert Armstrong, the husband Sam De Grasse
Margaret Armstrong, the wife Francelia Billington
Lieutenant Eric von Steuben Erich von Stroheim
Silent Sepp, the mountain guide Gibson Gowland
The jealous waitress Fay Holderness


Blind Husbands is a 1919 movie directed by Erich von Stroheim. It was the directorial debut of actor Stroheim, in which he also took on one of the leading roles. Von Stroheim delivers everything that later made him legendary as the 'man you love to hate'. Surgeon Dr. Robert Amstrong is on vacation in Cortina d'Ampezzo with his wife. The Austrian officer Erich von Steuben is also staying at the same hotel as the American couple. As Armstrong neglects his wife, von Steuben soon tries to seduce her. However, the hot-blooded lieutenant has other love affairs besides the doctor's wife.


The following weapons were used in the film Blind Husbands:


Beaumont-Vitali M1871/88

Austrian police and soldiers are armed with Dutch Beaumont-Vitali M1871/88 carbines standing in for Steyr Mannlicher M1895 short rifles and carbines.

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Full-length Beaumont-Vitali M1871/88 - 11.3x50R mm; for comparison
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Two police officers on the left standing among the villagers.
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A different view of their rifles with fixed bayonets.
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One soldier reports to his officer which officers a detailed view of his carbine.
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The squad of soldiers gets ready for the ascent.