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Beginning of the Serpentine Dance

Beginning of the Serpentine Dance

Jun 26, 1908 4m
4.8
4 votes

Synopsis

In a living room, four contemporary couples from the time the film was shot dance a waltz under the direction of a violinist (Linder). They begin a minuet and their costumes change in a sudden. A man enters and seems interested in what he sees, casts a spell and everything disappears. Transforming himself into the devil, the visitor takes the violinist with him to hell, where he creates a large piece of silk out of a cauldron. The fabric unrolls, revealing a young woman in a silk dress that starts dancing the serpentine. While she dances, other women join in a synchronized ballet, before all of them vanish into bursts of flames.

Title Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
Companies Pathé Frères
Countries France
Keywords dance, silent film
Max Linder

Max Linder

The ballet master