Beginning of the Serpentine Dance backdrop
Beginning of the Serpentine Dance poster
Trailer
Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
4.8
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0h 4m
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1908
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Released
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.

Cast
Max Linder poster
Max Linder
The ballet master

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