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The Dance of the Damned Women

The Dance of the Damned Women

1976•12m•6.9/10
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6.9/10(8)

This short dance film presents four women moving within a narrow, enclosed room to music by Claudio Monteverdi. Conceived as a dance play rather than a ballet, the performers embody recurring female roles passed down across generations, including figures identified as damned souls, death, and a child compelled into the same patterns.

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Production

SVT, Cinematograph AB

Language

SV

Status

Released

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Cast

Helene Friberg

The child

Nina Harte

Lena Wennergren

Lisbeth Zachrisson

Lisbeth Zachrisson

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