The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome(1954)

Name: The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
Director: Kenneth Anger
Released: 1954-03-29
Rating: 6.371
Cast: Samson De Brier, Marjorie Cameron, Joan Whitney, Katy Kadell, Renate Druks

03/29/1954 (US)Fantasy, Horror0h 38m

6.4

Overview

Lord Shiva wakes. A convocation of magicians in the guise of figures from mythology; a masquerade party at which Pan is the prize. The wine of Hecate is poured: Pan's cup is poisoned by Shiva. Kali blesses the assembly as a bacchic rite ensues.

Kenneth Anger

Writer

Kenneth Anger

Director

Top Billed Cast

Samson De Brier

Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast

Marjorie Cameron

The Scarlet Woman / Kali

Joan Whitney

Aphrodite

Katy Kadell

Isis

Renate Druks

Lilith

Anaïs Nin

Astarte

Paul Mathison

Pan

Curtis Harrington

Cesare / Slave / Sleep-walker

Kenneth Anger

Hecate

Peter Loome

Ganymede

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Part of the The Magick Lantern Cycle

Though later released as a singular DVD, this collection of nine short films are considered seminal works by renown filmmaker Kenneth Anger were made from 1947 to 1972. Together they are commonly identified as "The Magick Lantern Cycle", and "form the basis of Anger's reputation as one of the most influential independent filmmakers in cinema history."