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1967 film
The Dance of Death
DVD Cover
Directed byMichael Verhoeven
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyHenning Kristiansen
Edited byMonika Pfefferle
Music by
Production
company		Sentana Filmproduktion
Distributed byEckelkamp Verleih
Release date
  • 9 November 1967 (1967-11-09)
Running time83 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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. 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, sacrificed her career for secluded military life with Edgar. On the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary, she reveals 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

References

  1. Reimer & Reimer p.304

Bibliography

  • Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

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