The Dance of Death (1967 film)

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.

The Dance of Death
Directed byMichael Verhoeven
Produced by
Written by
Starring
Music by
  • Joseph Berger
  • Hermann Thieme
CinematographyHenning Kristiansen
Edited byMonika Pfefferle
Production
company
Sentana Filmproduktion
Distributed byEckelkamp Verleih
Release date
9 November 1967
Running time
83 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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
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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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