The Dance of Death

Overview

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.

Cast

Laurence Olivier

Edgar

Geraldine McEwan

Alice

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Maggie Riley

Karen

Robert Lang

Kurt

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Jeanne Watts

Old Woman