The Dance of Death (German: Paarungen) is a 1967 West German drama film directed by Michael Verhoeven and starring Lilli Palmer, Paul Verhoeven and Karl Michael Vogler.[1] It is an adaptation of August Strindberg's play of the same title. It was shot in Eastmancolor.
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Directed by | Michael Verhoeven |
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Cinematography | Henning Kristiansen |
Edited by | Monika Pfefferle |
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Production company | Sentana Filmproduktion |
Distributed by | Eckelkamp Verleih |
Release date | 9 November 1967 |
Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
An egocentric artillery Captain and his venomous wife engage in savage unremitting battles in their isolated island fortress off the coast of Sweden at the turn of the century. Alice, a former actress who sacrificed her career for secluded military life with Edgar, reveals on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary, the veritable hell their marriage has been. Edgar, an aging schizophrenic who refuses to acknowledge his severe illness, struggles to sustain his ferocity and arrogance with an animal disregard for other people. Sensing that Alice, together with her cousin and would-be lover, Kurt, may ally against him, retaliates with vicious force. Alice lures Kurt into the illusion of sharing a passionate assignation and recruits him in a plot to destroy Edgar.
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