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Danse macabre

Danse macabre (1922)

0h 8m | PG-13

⭐ 6.1 / 10

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

Studio: Visual Symphony Productions

Genre: Drama, Horror, Music

Video: 720p

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Cast

Adolph Bolm

Adolph Bolm

as Youth

Ruth Page

Ruth Page

as Love

Olin Howland

Olin Howland

as Death