The Vampire Dancer (1912)
The man-hungry “vampire,” later to be popularized by America’s Theda Bara, made her screen debut in this Danish melodrama directed by August Blom. Clara Wieth starred in the title role of the Vampire Dancer, which is just what she was: a dancer performing her seductions on-stage. Off-stage, the young girl is kindhearted and a bit naïve. The lustful dance, during which Robert Dinesen succumbs to the dancer’s fatal charms, remained the centerpiece of the film, which was a popular success and made Wieth an international star.
Director: August Blom
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Clara Pontoppidan as Silvia Lafont, the Vampire Dancer |
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Henry Seemann as Count von Waldberg |
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Robert Dinesen as Oscar Borch |
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Frederik Jacobsen as Servant |
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Ingeborg Bruhn Bertelsen as |
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Svend Bille as |
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Axel Boesen as |
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Frederik Christensen as |
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Julie Henriksen as |
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Johanne Krum-Hunderup as |
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Otto Lagoni as |
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H.C. Nielsen as |
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Carl Schenstrøm as |
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Agnes Nørlund Seemann as |
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Birger von Cotta-Schønberg as |
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Maggi Zinn as |
| Directing | August Blom | Director |
