The Dance of Death (1912 film)

{{short description|1912 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Dance of Death | image = | caption = | director = Urban Gad | producer = | writer = Urban Gad | narrator = | starring = Asta Nielsen | music = | editing = | cinematography = Guido Seeber | studio = Deutsche Bioscop for PAGU | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1912|09|07|df=yes}} | runtime = | country = Germany | language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}} | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Dance of Death''''' (German:'''''Der Totentanz''''') is a 1912 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Gad's wife Asta Nielsen.<ref>Kapczynski & Richardson p.47</ref> 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

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==Bibliography== * Jennifer M. Kapczynski & Michael D. Richardson. ''A New History of German Cinema''.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0002531}} *[https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/der-totentanz_ea43d4a705275006e03053d50b37753d Der Totentanz] on filmportal.de (in English)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dance of Death (1912 film), The}} Category:1912 films Category:Films of the German Empire Category:Films directed by Urban Gad Category:German silent short films Category:German black-and-white films Category:1912 German films