Destiny (1921)
Destiny (1921)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Bernhard Goetzke
Death
Lil Dagover
Young Woman
Walter Janssen
Young Man
Hans Sternberg
Mayor
Paul Rehkopf
Gravedigger
Max Pfeiffer
Night Watchman
Karl Rückert
Reverend
Georg John
Beggar
Max Adalbert
Notary
Lydia Potechina
Landlady
Grete Berger
Mother
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Dervish / Girolamo
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Doctor
Eduard von Winterstein
Caliph (uncredited)
Lothar Müthel
Confidant (uncredited)
Edgar Pauly
Girolamo's Friend (uncredited)
Erich Pabst
Teacher
Louis Brody
Moor (uncredited)
Karl Platen
Pharmacist
Károly Huszár
Emperor of China
Paul Biensfeldt
A Hi (uncredited)
Neumann-Schüler
Executioner (uncredited)
Hermann Picha
Taylor
Ernst Rückert
Priest (uncredited)
Fritz Lang
Director
Hermann Vallentin
(uncredited)
Erika Unruh
Ayesha
Thea von Harbou
Writer
Erich Pommer
Producer
Giuseppe Becce
Composer
Fritz Arno Wagner
Director of Photography
Karl-Ernst Sasse
Composer
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Details.
Release DateOctober 6, 1921
Original NameDer müde Tod
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
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Wiki.
Destiny (German: Der müde Tod: ein deutsches Volkslied in sechs Versen (Weary Death: A German Folk Story in Six Verses); originally released in the United States as Behind the Wall) is a 1921 silent German Expressionist fantasy romance film directed by Fritz Lang and inspired by the Indian folktale of Savitri. The film follows a woman desperate to reunite with her dead lover. It also follows three other tragic romances, set in a Middle Eastern city; in Venice, Italy; and in the Chinese Empire.
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