The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

1954

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.

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

The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

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Samson De Brier

Marjorie Cameron

Joan Whitney

Katy Kadell

Renate Druks

Anaïs Nin

Paul Mathison

Curtis Harrington

Kenneth Anger

Peter Loome