china,self sacrifice,fiancé,wall,death,silent film,stranger,inn,expressionism,cementery,life after death,german expressionism

Destiny (1921)

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Love is Stronger Than Death

As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman finds a mystic entrance and is met by Death, who tells her three separate stories set in exotic locales, all involving circumstances similar to hers.

Cast & Crew

Director
Fritz Lang
  • Profile picture of Lil Dagover
    Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien Lil Dagover
  • Profile picture of Walter Janssen
    Young Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang Walter Janssen
  • Profile picture of Bernhard Goetzke
    Death / El Mot / Archer Bernhard Goetzke
  • Profile picture of Max Adalbert
    Notary / Chancellor Max Adalbert
  • Profile picture of Wilhelm Diegelmann
    Doctor Wilhelm Diegelmann
  • Profile picture of Karl Platen
    Pharmacist Karl Platen
  • Profile picture of Hermann Picha
    Taylor Hermann Picha
  • Profile picture of Paul Rehkopf
    Gravedigger Paul Rehkopf

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Keywords

  • china
  • self sacrifice
  • fiancé
  • wall
  • death
  • silent film
  • stranger
  • inn
  • expressionism
  • cementery
  • life after death
  • german expressionism