An egocentric artillery Captain and his venomous wife engage in savage unremitting battles in their isolated island fortress off the coast of Sweden at the turn of the century. Alice, a ...
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Title: The Dance of Death (1969)
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| Laurence Olivier | ... | Edgar | |
| Geraldine McEwan | ... | Alice | |
| Robert Lang | ... | Kurt | |
| Janina Faye | ... | Judith | |
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Malcolm Reynolds | ... | Allan |
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Jeanne Watts | ... | Old Woman |
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Peter Penry-Jones | ... | Lieutenant |
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Maggie Riley | ... | Karen |
| Carolyn Jones | ... | Jenny | |
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Frederick Pyne | ... | Sentry |
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Barry James | ... | Sentry |
| David Ryall | ... | Sentry | |
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An egocentric artillery Captain and his venomous wife engage in savage unremitting battles in their isolated island fortress off 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 schizophrenic who refuses to acknowledge his severe illness, struggles to sustain his ferocity and arrogance with an animal disregard for other people. Sensing that Alice, together with her cousin and would-be lover, Kurt, may ally against him, retaliates with vicious force. Alice lures Kurt into the illusion of sharing a passionate assignation and recruits him in a plot to destroy Edgar. Written by alfiehitchie
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marriage | island | foreign language adaptation | sea captain | husband wife relationship |Taglines:
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August 1969 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Alice: For not dying twenty-five years ago! For not dying before I was born!
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While playing Edgar onstage in the National Theater, Olivier became ill and had to be replaced for a while. His replacement, who received high praise from critics and Olivier himself, was the young Anthony Hopkins. See more »Quotes
Edgar: She's mad at me for not dying yesterday.Alice: For not dying twenty-five years ago! For not dying before I was born!
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