Anno di produzione: 1925

Stato del film: Catalogo

Paese d'origine: USA
Location del set: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA Death Valley, California, USA Oakland, California, USA San Francisco, California, USA
Versioni alternative: - Originally gold tinting was added to the film for gold, brass beds, gold teeth, gilt frames, and the canary cage. This tinting is absent from any surviving prints. - Original length as edited by Stroheim was 42 reels; later cut by Stroheim to about 24 reels; cut by Rex Ingram to 18 reels; cut to 10 reals by the studio. - A new TV version, jointly released by Thames Television / Turner Entertainment, features a new score bu Carl Davis. - In 1999, Turner Entertainment pieced together a reconstructed four-hour-plus version using the existing footage and still photographs of the deleted scenes (done a la recent restorations of the 1954 "A Star Is Born" and 1937's "Lost Horizon"). This was produced according to an original continuity outline by director Erich von Stroheim to bring it as close to the director's original vision as possible. This most recent version also contains a new stereo score by Robert Israel.
Genere: Drama
Plot: Miner-turned-dentist McTeague wins young Trina Sieppe away from her cousin Marcus, McTeague's friend. When Trina wins five thousand dollars in a lottery, Marcus accuses McTeague of marrying her for her money. Trina becomes more and more obsessed with money, refusing to spend any of her winnings even though she and her husband are forced into dire straits. When Marcus informs the authorities that McTeague is not licensed as a dentist, thus depriving him of his meagre living, the friendship and the marriage are destroyed. At last murder intrudes, leaving no one unscathed. John McTeague was a simple slow man who became a dentist after working at the Big Dipper Gold Mine. He is now being hunted in Death Valley by his ex-best friend Marcus and the law. His lot was cast the day that he meet his future wife Trina in his office. She was with Marcus and she bought a lottery ticket. Well Mac fell for her and Marcus stepped aside. When Mac and Trina married, she won the Lottery for $5000 and became obsessive about the money in gold. Marcus is steamed as he stepped aside and now she is rich so he has the law shut down Mac as he has no official schooling for his dentistry. Trina fearful that they will take her gold away sells everything and takes all Mac earns when he is working. She adds to her stash of gold as they both live as paupers. When Mac has no job and no money, he leaves and Trina moves. Driven to desperation at being poor and hungry he finds Trina and demands the gold.
Visti censura internazionale: Sweden:15
Date di uscita internazionali: Dati tecnici: Suono: Durata: Movielink - film simili: mcteague
Cast & Credits