The Dance of Death (1912 film)

The Dance of Death
Directed by	Urban Gad
Written by	Urban Gad
Starring	Asta Nielsen
Cinematography	Guido Seeber
Production company	Deutsche Bioscop for PAGU
Release date	7 September 1912 (1912-09-07)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Dance of Death (German:Der Totentanz) is a 1912 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Gad's wife Asta Nielsen.[1] It was one of the first films made at the new Babelsberg Studio in Berlin.

Cast

• Asta Nielsen as Bella Burk
• Oskar Fuchs as Ingenieur Burk
• Fritz Weidemann as Komponist Czerneck
• Fred Immler
• Emil Albes

References

1. Kapczynski & Richardson p.47

Bibliography

• Jennifer M. Kapczynski & Michael D. Richardson. A New History of German Cinema.

External links

• The Dance of Death at IMDb
• Der Totentanz on filmportal.de (in English)