Destiny
Love is Stronger Than Death
1921 · 1h 38m · N/A
Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Directed by
Fritz Lang
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Destiny
Overview
As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman poisons herself in order to join him and is met by Death, who gives her three opportunities to prove that love is stronger than death, thereby freeing her beloved from his fate.
Director and cast
- Fritz Lang Director
- Lil Dagover as Young Woman / Das junge Mädchen / Zobeide / Monna Fiametta / Tiao Tsien
- Walter Janssen as Young Man / Der junge Mann / Franke / Giovan Francesco / Liang
- Bernhard Goetzke as Death / Der Tod / El Mot / Bogner / Archer
- Hans Sternberg as Mayor / Bürgermeister
- Karl Rückert as Reverend
- Max Adalbert as Notary / Notar / Schatzmeister / Chancellor
- Wilhelm Diegelmann Cast
- Erich Pabst Cast
- Karl Platen Cast
- Hermann Picha Cast
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