The Dance of Death

The Dance of Death

84 mins | Drama, Horror | Oct. 31, 1919

In this apparently lost film, a beautiful dancer's sexual allure is used by an evil cripple to entice men to their deaths. Falling in love with one of the potential victims, she is told by the cripple that he will set her free if her lover, actually a murderer himself, survives and escapes a bizarre labyrinthe which runs beneath the cripple's house.

The Dance of Death

84 mins | Drama, Horror | Oct. 31, 1919

The Dance of Death
In this apparently lost film, a beautiful dancer's sexual allure is used by an evil cripple to entice men to their deaths. Falling in love with one of the potential victims, she is told by the cripple that he will set her free if her lover, actually a murderer himself, survives and escapes a bizarre labyrinthe which runs beneath the cripple's house.
Producers Helios Film
Original title Der Totentanz
Directors Otto Rippert
Writers Fritz Lang

Cast

Werner Krauß

as The Cripple

Sascha Gura

as The Beautiful Dancer

Fred Goebel

as Harry Free

Karl Bernhard

as Frederic Hennekemper

Arnold Czempin

as Dr. Sellin