The Ballet of the Nations

The film begins with Satan and Ballet Master Death discussing how to reintroduce chaos into a complacent society Satan instructs Ballet Master Death to assemble an orchestra of human passions Fear Panic Suspicion Hatred Heroism Murder etc to provide the music for a corps de ballet of Nations to perform the dance macabre of war What follows is an oftenhumorous assembly of the orchestra filmed in the atmospheric cavernous tunnels beneath Bristol Temple Meads Following this assembly we see the core Nations perform their dance joined by a larger cohort of Nations for the final act Revenge The film is interspersed with danced sections performed by a Chorus evocative of the choric elements of classical Greek tragedy