Open ClassicCINEMA
Back to the collection

OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 388

Blind Husbands

191991 minUnited States
RomanceDrama
Video edition
YouTube
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
92:13
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

YouTube may apply your personal preferences. If needed, select your language under CC / Settings. YouTube controls playback availability, which may vary by region.

Synopsis

An American couple's Alpine holiday exposes a distance that the husband has failed to notice. An Austrian officer offers the wife the attention she misses, turning hospitality into calculated seduction. When the two men climb a mountain together, a letter and an accusation bring the marriage's uncertainties into a physically dangerous confrontation.

Cast

DirectorsErich von Stroheim

Historical context

Erich von Stroheim made his directing debut from his own story and also played the interfering officer. The Alpine setting links a detailed study of marital neglect to a climactic test of trust and responsibility on the mountainside.

Sources and availability

General references identify the work and its copy. A reference beside an editorial section is linked to the claims checked in that section.

Wikipedia — film referenceInternet Archive — catalogue recordDuke Center for the Study of the Public Domain — US term reference

Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

The reference concerns the original work. Restorations, colorization, translations and other territories may have different conditions. This site uses the player enabled by the channel.

Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Audience rating

Loading ratings…

Keep exploring

Collection