TMDb Rating
6.1/10
19 verified votes
Danse macabre (1922)
DramaHorrorMusic
8 min
Plot Summary
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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DramaHorrorMusicDudley MurphyAdolph BolmRuth Page1922
Director
Dudley Murphy
Top Cast
Adolph BolmRuth PageOlin Howland
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