The Dance of Death (1911)

Original title

Der Totentanz

Directed by

Urban Gad

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Germany

Runtime

34 min

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A woman is trapped in a strained marriage with a controlling husband. She seeks escape through a passionate affair with another man.

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What happens

The Dance of Death (German: Der Totentanz) is a 1912 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Gad's wife Asta Nielsen. It was one of the first films made at the new Babelsberg Studio in Berlin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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