Beginning of the Serpentine Dance

Name: Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
Genre: Fantasy
Released: 1908-09-03
Duration: 4 min
Rating: 4.6

★ 4,6 /10 (5 Votes)

1908 FR 4 min

Overview

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.

Release date

03/09/1908

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