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Danse macabre (1922)

★ 6.2/10 8 min Drama, Horror, Music United States English
Director: Dudley Murphy
Streaming: Not available

Description

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?

Top Cast

Adolph Bolm Youth
Ruth Page Love
Olin Howland
Olin Howland Death

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