Theatre Macabre

Season 1

1971 · 24 episodes · 10h 0m in all · 5.0/10

Episodes

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   1. First Love

   1 Oct 1971 · 25 min · 5.0/10

   Vladimir, the teenage son of a local rich man, falls madly in love with his new neighbor's daughter Zina competing for her affections along with a host of her other suitors.

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   2. The Man Who Demoralized Hadleyburg

   8 Oct 1971 · 25 min · 7.0/10

   A stranger comes to town with a bag full of gold and a test for everyone.

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   3. The Tortures of Hope

   15 Oct 1971 · 25 min · 4.0/10

   A man is about to be executed by the Inquisition. Is hope enough to save him?

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   4. Mateo Falcone

   22 Oct 1971 · 25 min · 2.0/10

   A young Corsican boy defies local customs and dishonors his family when he turns in a bandit to police.

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   5. The Vampire

   29 Oct 1971 · 25 min · 6.0/10

   Intertwines multiple stories, including a framing device about a young man named Runevsky, and explores themes of obsession, the supernatural, and the line between reality and imagination.

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   6. The Swashbuckler

   5 Nov 1971 · 25 min · 3.0/10

   A psychological character study revolving around Luchkov, an aggressive, manipulative former military officer who lives for duels and social domination.

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   7. The Actress

   12 Nov 1971 · 25 min · 4.0/10

   A failed actress wants to go back to her husband, who has fallen into alcoholism.

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   8. The System of Dr Tarr and Professor Fether

   19 Nov 1971 · 25 min · 8.0/10

   A narrator visits a French mental asylum where the 'soothing system' of patient-led care has been overthrown by a new, more severe method, only for the narrator to discover the 'doctors' are actually the patients, and the 'keepers' are those locked away, tarred and feathered.

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   9. The Rajah's Diamond

   26 Nov 1971 · 25 min · 8.0/10

   Follows the journey of a cursed, valuable diamond as it passes through the hands of various characters, revealing their greed, folly, and the dark allure of wealth. The narrative links these tales through the diamond's movement from London to Paris, exploring themes of crime, deception, and morality.

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    10. The Nose

    3 Dec 1971 · 25 min · 3.0/10

    A government official's nose leaves his face and develops a life of its own.

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    11. Tell-Tale Hearts

    10 Dec 1971 · 25 min · 9.0/10

    A nameless man insists on his sanity while confessing to murdering an old man because of his 'vulture-like' eye.

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    12. Markheim

    17 Dec 1971 · 25 min · 7.0/10

    A man murders an antique dealer on Christmas Day to steal from him, only to be tormented by his own conscience, personified by a mysterious visitor who may be the Devil, forcing him to confront his evil and ultimately choose confession over further sin.

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    13. The Barrel Organ

    24 Dec 1971 · 25 min · 7.0/10

    Reclusive, cultured lawyer Mr Tomasz's solitary life is transformed by a blind orphan girl who moves in next door and her barrel organ, which he initially despises but comes to cherish as a source of joy and connection, ultimately leading him to help her.

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    14. The Canterville Ghost

    31 Dec 1971 · 25 min · 6.0/10

    A young American couple inherits an English castle, only to find that it is haunted by the spirit of a disgraced ancestor, doomed to stay on the estate because of his cowardice. The only way he can escape is if one of his descendants performs an heroic act, something he intends to get the husband to do.

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    15. Decameron

    7 Jan 1972 · 25 min · 1.0/10

    From Giovanni Boccaccio's 'The Decameron No. 40.'

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    16. A Matter of Conscience

    14 Jan 1972 · 25 min · 6.0/10

    From Ambrose Bierce's 'A Matter of Conscience.'

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    17. The Husband Under the Bed

    21 Jan 1972 · 25 min · 6.0/10

    From Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Another Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bed.'

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    18. Pavoncello

    28 Jan 1972 · 25 min · 4.0/10

    From Stefan Zeromski's 'Pavoncello.'

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    19. The Song of Triumphant Love

    4 Feb 1972 · 25 min · 2.0/10

    From Ivan Turgenev's 'The Song of Triumphant Love.'

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    20. The Postmaster

    11 Feb 1972 · 25 min · 4.0/10

    From Alexander Pushkin's 'The Postmaster.'

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    21. A Terribly Strange Bed

    18 Feb 1972 · 25 min · 6.0/10

    From William Wilkie Collins' 'A Terribly Strange Bed.'

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    22. The Fatalist

    25 Feb 1972 · 25 min · 3.0/10

    From Mikhail Lermontov's 'The Fatalist.'

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    23. Resurrection of the Offland

    3 Mar 1972 · 25 min · 5.0/10

    From Alexandre Dumas 'The Resurrection of the Offland.'

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    24. Boarded Window

    10 Mar 1972 · 25 min · 3.0/10

    From Ambrose Bierce's 'The Boarded Window.'