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The Dance of Death (1911)

The Dance of Death poster
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

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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