The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

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.

Director: Kenneth Anger

Cast

Samson De Brier

Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast

Marjorie Cameron

The Scarlet Woman / Kali

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Joan Whitney

Aphrodite

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Katy Kadell

Isis

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Renate Druks

Lilith

Anaïs Nin

Astarte

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Paul Mathison

Pan

Curtis Harrington

Cesare / Slave / Sleep-walker

Kenneth Anger

Hecate

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Peter Loome

Ganymede