Erich von Stroheim

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q78508: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Grand Illusion; Sunset Boulevard; The Rules of the Game. Count them as director (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Sunset Boulevard, which they acted in: Sunset Boulevard ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read). Billy is partly a Sunset Boulevard figure, which Anderson played with in costuming, and the film acknowledges the Norma Desmond comparison itself.
“the Sunset Boulevard reference”
The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 1:14:37 · Gillian Anderson (0.90 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (1) everyone in directing

director, Greed (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)

Acting (3) everyone in acting

actor, Grand Illusion (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
actor, Sunset Boulevard (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
actor (disputed in conversation), The Rules of the Game (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)

Other (1) everyone in other

filmmaker Babylon's Spike Jonze character is modeled on (implied), Babylon (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)

What was said about them, by kind

unmapped (1)

unmapped (signature work): Erich von Stroheim → Greed. A speaker sets out von Stroheim as actor in Grand Illusion and Sunset Boulevard, and director of the silent Greed.
“And he's also in Sunset Boulevard, and he directed Greed.”
The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:39:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Erich von Stroheim: A comedy of errors over von Stroheim's filmography: someone offers Shanghai Express and is corrected, then the group lands on Grand Illusion, Sunset Boulevard and Greed.
“He didn't direct that.”
The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:38:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)