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Erich von Stroheim, an Uncommon card
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 61
- Power
- 136
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 136 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Erich von Stroheim quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Erich von Stroheim card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As an actor, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his ______ as Max von Mayerling in Sunset Boulevard.
Answer
performance. As an actor, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Max von Mayerling in Sunset Boulevard. From the Erich von Stroheim article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ford FE engine. Ford FE engine 80 · Erich von Stroheim 75 · Judith Anderson 71 · The Pickwick Papers 68 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His 1924 film Greed, originally over nine hours long, was edited against his wishes to about two-and-a-half hours, despite initial negative reception, the theatrical release is considered one of the greatest films ever made.
- After clashes with Hollywood studio bosses over budget and workers' rights problems, Stroheim found it difficult to find work as a director and subsequently became a well-respected character actor, particularly in French cinema.
- As an actor, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Max von Mayerling in Sunset Boulevard.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Erich von Stroheim article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 61: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Erich von Stroheim
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Erich von Stroheim (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
