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The Dance of Death (1969)

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.

Release: 1969-08-01
Runtime: 149 min
Rating: 5.5 / 10
Cast
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Edgar
Geraldine McEwan
Geraldine McEwan
Alice
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Maggie Riley
Karen
Robert Lang
Robert Lang
Kurt
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Jeanne Watts
Old Woman
Janina Faye
Janina Faye
Judith
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Malcolm Reynolds
Allan
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Peter Penry-Jones
Lieutenant
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Frederick Pyne
Sentry
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Barry James
Sentry
David Ryall
David Ryall
Sentry
Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Jones
Jenny