The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

38 mins | Fantasy | March 29, 1954

Lord Shiva wakes. A convocation of magicians in the guise of figures from mythology; a masquerade party at which Pan is the prize. The wine of Hecate is poured: Pan's cup is poisoned by Shiva. Kali blesses the assembly as a bacchic rite ensues.

The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

38 mins | Fantasy | March 29, 1954

The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
Lord Shiva wakes. A convocation of magicians in the guise of figures from mythology; a masquerade party at which Pan is the prize. The wine of Hecate is poured: Pan's cup is poisoned by Shiva. Kali blesses the assembly as a bacchic rite ensues.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers
Original title The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
Directors Kenneth Anger
Writers Kenneth Anger

Cast

Samson De Brier

as Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast

Marjorie Cameron

as The Scarlet Woman / Kali

Joan Whitney

as Aphrodite

Katy Kadell

as Isis

Renate Druks

as Lilith (as Renata Loom)

Anaïs Nin

as Astarte

Paul Mathison

as Pan

Curtis Harrington

as Cesare / Slave / Sleep-walker

Kenneth Anger

as Hecate

Peter Loome

as Ganymede