The Dance of Death (1967 film)
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Directed by | Michael Verhoeven |
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Cinematography | Henning Kristiansen |
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Production company | Sentana Filmproduktion |
Distributed by | Eckelkamp Verleih |
Release date | 9 November 1967 |
Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
The Dance of Death (German: Paarungen) is a 1967 West German drama film directed by Michael Verhoeven and starring Lilli Palmer, Paul Verhoeven and Karl Michael Vogler.[1] It is an adaptation of August Strindberg's play of the same title. It was shot in Eastmancolor.
Plot[]
An egocentric artillery Captain and his venomous wife engage in savage unremitting 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 secluded military life with Edgar, reveals on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary, the veritable hell their marriage has been. Edgar, an aging schizophrenic who refuses to acknowledge his severe illness, struggles to sustain his ferocity and arrogance with an animal disregard for other people. 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.
Cast[]
- Lilli Palmer as Alice
- Paul Verhoeven as Edgar
- Karl Michael Vogler as Kurt
- as Judith
- as Allan
- Melanie Horeschowsky as Maja
- as Prisoner
- as Ekmark
- as Jenny
References[]
- ^ Reimer & Reimer p.304
Bibliography[]
- Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
External links[]
- German-language films
- 1967 films
- 1967 drama films
- German drama films
- West German films
- Films directed by Michael Verhoeven
- Films based on works by August Strindberg
- German films based on plays
- Films set in the 1900s
- Films set on islands
- Films set in the Baltic Sea
- Films set in Sweden
- 1960s German film stubs