Dancer of Death (1920)

Directed by

Siegfried Philippi

Country

Germany

Elsewhere

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How it feels

A German silent film from 1920. It follows a dancer whose art is linked to death. The story likely involves dramatic tensions around performance and mortality.

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What happens

Dancer of Death (German: Tänzerin Tod) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Reinhold Schünzel and Hans Adalbert Schlettow. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edmund Heuberger. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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