Movie

Danse macabre (1922)

• March 8, 1922
• 8m

• Drama
• Horror
• Music

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?

Director

Dudley Murphy

Starring

Adolph Bolm, Ruth Page, Olin Howland