Danse macabre (1922)

  • NR
  • 03/08/1922 (US)
  • Drama, Horror, Music
  • 8m

Overview

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?

Dudley Murphy

Director

Cast

Adolph Bolm's headshot

Adolph Bolm

Youth
Ruth Page's headshot

Ruth Page

Love
Olin Howland's headshot

Olin Howland

Death

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