The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome is a 1954 fantasy movie directed by Kenneth Anger, with a running time of 38m. It stars Samson De Brier, Marjorie Cameron and Joan Whitney.
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.
Cast
- Samson De Brier as Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast
- Marjorie Cameron as The Scarlet Woman / Kali
- Joan Whitney as Aphrodite
- Katy Kadell as Isis
- Renate Druks as Lilith
- Anaïs Nin as Astarte
- Paul Mathison as Pan
- Curtis Harrington as Cesare / Slave / Sleep-walker
- Kenneth Anger as Hecate
- Peter Loome as Ganymede