Film

The Dance of Death

1969 · 2h 29m · Drama

IMDb

7.3

An egocentric artillery captain and his venomous wife engage in savage unremitting battles in their isolated island fortress of 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 schizoid who refuses to acknowledge his severe illness, struggles to sustain his ferocity and arrogance with an animal disregard for other people.

Laurence Olivier

Edgar

Geraldine McEwan

Alice

Maggie Riley

Karen

Robert Lang

Kurt

Jeanne Watts

Old Woman

Janina Faye

Judith

Malcolm Reynolds

Allan

Peter Penry-Jones

Lieutenant

Frederick Pyne

Sentry

Barry James

Sentry

David Ryall

Sentry

Carolyn Jones

Jenny

• David GilesDirector

Release date

August 1, 1969

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 29m

Genres

Drama