The Dance of Death (1948 film)

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The Dance of Death
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Directed by Marcel Cravenne
Written by Michel Arnaud
Jacques-Laurent Bost
Marcel Cravenne
August Strindberg (play)
Erich von Stroheim
Starring Erich von Stroheim
Denise Vernac
Palau
Cinematography Robert Lefebvre
Edited by Madeleine Bagiau
Music by Guy Bernard
Production
companies
Alcina
Ardea Film
Distributed byAtlantis Film
Gaumont
Release date
  • 8 December 1948 (1948-12-08)
Running time
88 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
Language French

The Dance of Death (French: La danse de mort, Italian: La prigioniera dell'isola), is a 1948 French-Italian drama film directed by Marcel Cravenne and starring Erich von Stroheim, Denise Vernac and Palau. [1] It is based on August Strindberg's The Dance of Death . It was shot at the Titanus Studios in Rome and the Icet Studios in Milan. The film's sets were designed by Georges Wakhévitch.

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Plot

An egocentric artillery Captain and his venomous wife engage in relentless battles in their isolated island fortress off the coast of Sweden at the turn of the century. Alice, a former actress who sacrificed her career for a military life with Edgar, reveals on their 25th wedding anniversary that their marriage has been hellish. Edgar, an aging schizophrenic who denies his severe illness, struggles to maintain his ferocity and arrogance, showing disregarding others. Sensing that Alice, together with her cousin and would-be lover, Kurt, may ally against him, retaliates with vicious force. Alice lures Kurt into the illusion of sharing a passionate assignation and recruits him in a plot to destroy Edgar.

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References

  1. ↑ Lennig, Arthur (2003-04-18). Stroheim. University Press of Kentucky. p. 473. ISBN   978-0-8131-9044-0.
  2. 1 2 3 Palacio, Manuel; Türschmann, Jörg (2013). Transnational Cinema in Europe. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 66. ISBN   978-3-643-90478-2.


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