The Dance of Death

Name: The Dance of Death
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 h 29 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, Carolyn Jones

1969
G
2h 29m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

125

YOUR RATING

Laurence Olivier, Robert Lang, and Geraldine McEwan in The Dance of Death (1969)

Drama

A filmed record of Laurence Olivier's farewell theatrical performance as the canny, psychotic captain of the August Strindberg play.A filmed record of Laurence Olivier's farewell theatrical performance as the canny, psychotic captain of the August Strindberg play.A filmed record of Laurence Olivier's farewell theatrical performance as the canny, psychotic captain of the August Strindberg play.

Director
- David Giles
Writers
- C.D. Locock
- August Strindberg
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

125

YOUR RATING

Director
- David Giles
Writers
- C.D. Locock
- August Strindberg
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
While playing Edgar onstage in the National Theater, Olivier became ill and had to be replaced for a while. His replacement, who received high praise from critics and Olivier himself, was the young Anthony Hopkins.

Quotes
Edgar: She's mad at me for not dying yesterday.
Alice: For not dying twenty-five years ago! For not dying before I was born!

Connections
Version of La danse de mort (1948)

Soundtracks
The Entry of the Boyars
By Johan Halvorsen

User reviews5

Review

Featured review

9/10

A good production and one of the last of Sir Lawrence. I was also photographer on "Jesus", I believe his last.

I worked on this production as Still Cameraman. It disappoints me to see that the only still from the film is the one I submitted and easily detected from the others, seen at the end of this strip. I would supply more if I'm asked, and given the credit TONY AUGUSTE.