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The Dance of Death (1919)

Género : Drama, Terror

Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 24M

Director : Otto Rippert
Escritor : Fritz Lang

Sinopsis

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.

Actores

Werner Krauß
Werner Krauß
The Cripple
Sascha Gura
Sascha Gura
The Beautiful Dancer
Fred Goebel
Fred Goebel
Harry Free
Karl Bernhard
Karl Bernhard
Frederic Hennekemper
Arnold Czempin
Arnold Czempin
Dr. Sellin
Richard Kirsch
Richard Kirsch
Joseph Römer
Joseph Römer

Tripulaciones

Otto Rippert
Otto Rippert
Director
Willy Hameister
Willy Hameister
Director of Photography
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
Screenplay
Hermann Warm
Hermann Warm
Production Design
Erich Pommer
Erich Pommer
Producer
Erwin Rosner
Erwin Rosner
Producer

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