Beginning of the Serpentine Dance [196634] Released: 1908-09-03 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 4 mins Popularity: 0.065 Vote Average: 4.8 Vote Count: 4 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 [1] Max LinderThe ballet maste Trailers Création de la serpentine (1908) Beginning of the Serpentine Dance (Pathé)