Dark Red Roses (1929)
1h 3m
Running Time
October 16, 1929Release Date
Plot.
David Cardew, a talented sculptor, lives an idyllic life in the English countryside with his wife, Laura, and their two children. But his happiness spoils as he becomes increasingly fixated on the idea that Laura is having an affair with a young cellist, Anton Falk. The three attend a fête where David watches Anton and Laura during a ballet about brutal and violent revenge - and his obsession begins to take an even darker turn...
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Cast & Crew.
Stewart Rome
David Cardew
Frances Doble
Laura Cardew
Hugh Eden
Anton Falk
Jill Clayton
Jill Cardew
Hugh Morton
Anton
Kate Cutler
Laura's Mother
Jack Clayton
Jack Cardew
Jack Clayton
Jack
Sidney Morgan
Tim, the gardener
Una O'Connor
Mrs Weaks, the housekeeper
Lydia Lopokova
Russian Ballet Dancer (Wife)
Anton Dolin
Russian Ballet Dancer (Lover)
George Balanchine
Russian Ballet Dancer (Husband) / Choreographer
Sinclair Hill
Director
John Ree
Sound Recordist
Oscar Friedrich Werndorff
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
jealous husband
ballet performance
sculptor
samurai sword
cellist
suspicion of adultery
english garden
Wiki.
Dark Red Roses is a 1929 British all-talking sound film directed by Sinclair Hill. The soundtrack was recorded using the phonofilm sound-on-film process. The film includes a sequence featuring the Ballets Russes choreographed by George Balanchine.