Danse macabre (1922)

The Black Death is ravaging Spain. As Camille Saint-Saëns's "Danse Macabre" plays on the soundtrack, a mix of animation and acted scenes tells the story of Youth and Love meeting one night. They dance, embrace, and kiss. As the night wears on, exuberant Death, a skeletal figure with a violin, pursues the couple. They try to elude him. Eventually, Love swoons. Youth is powerless to protect her. Is she doomed?

Released March 8, 1922 8 min None+

Genres: Drama, Horror, Music, Short

Keywords: tmdb.silent-film, imdb.plague, mdblist.imdb-short, mdblist.three-actors, imdb.tinted-footage, imdb.partially-animated, imdb.saint-saens + 8 more, tmdb.plague, imdb.love, imdb.kiss, imdb.death, imdb.prayer, imdb.skeleton, imdb.ballet, aspectratio.1-33-1