Der Totentanz (1912)

• 62%
• 1912
• Drama
• Urban Gad
• Asta Nielsen
• Oskar Fuchs
• Fritz Weidemann

A powerful story of love and jealousy, faithfulness and treachery, most ably acted and effectively scened. A young married man holding a good position is injured by an accident and rendered incapable of work for a long time. His money gives out and want knocks at the door. His wife goes to her former music teacher for advice and finds a well-known composer there. Hearing her voice he advises her to go upon the stage in his company. She does so, but only after the husband has exacted an oath that she will always be true to him. Her voice wins her fame and the composer falls in love with her, but she repulses him because of her oath. Her husband, jealous to see her name and that of the composer constantly united in the newspapers, determines to seek her and see how things are for himself. Events are thus precipitated in a most dramatic way.