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The Ballet Dancer

1911 · 37 min Drama
4.8 / 10 · TMDB

The ballet pupil Camilla Favier makes for a quick success and falls for the author Jean Mayol. She discovers a love letter to him from a rich married woman and is devastated. In revenge she reveals the secret love story for the cuckolded husband and his guests at a big party. Later she finds a new love message from the wayward wife and brings it to the husband, who gets furious, grabs a pistol and incites the climax of the story.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title Balletdanserinden
Year 1911
Country Denmark
Genre Drama
Director August Blom
Runtime 37 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.8/10 (6 votes)

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The film constructs its drama on the clash between artistic idealism and rigid social hypocrisy, relying on silent cinema's power to convey intense emotion through gesture and composition. It explores a classic revenge plot where every action tightens the screws toward an inevitable climax.

What lingers after the final frame is a stark portrait of how jealousy and societal pressure can conspire to destroy lives, all conveyed without a single spoken word. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: August Blom

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With ambient piano accompaniment, allowing the visual poetry of early cinema to fully captivate.

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