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Danse Macabre (1922) · Danse macabre

Name: Danse Macabre
Director: Dudley Murphy
Genre: Drama, Musical, Silent film
Released: 1922
Duration: 8 min
Cast: Adolph Bolm, Ruth Page, Olin Howland

Original title: Danse macabre

1922 · Dudley Murphy · 8 min · United States of America · Edited by 1

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The Black Death is ravaging Spain. As Camille Saint-Saëns's "Danse Macabre" plays on the soundtrack, a mix of animation and acted scenes tells the story of Youth and Love meeting one night. They dance, embrace, and kiss. As the night wears on, exuberant Death, a skeletal figure with a violin, pursues the couple. They try to elude him. Eventually, Love swoons. Youth is powerless to protect her. Is she doomed?

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Danse Macabre (1922) · Danse macabre

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