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Destiny

1921-10-06 · 98 min · ★ 7.4

Drama · Fantasy · Thriller

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.

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Directors
Fritz Lang
Production companies
Decla-Bioscop
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Lil DagoverLil DagoverYoung Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien
Walter JanssenWalter JanssenYoung Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang
Bernhard GoetzkeBernhard GoetzkeDeath / El Mot / Archer
Hans SternbergHans SternbergMayor
Karl RückertReverend
Max AdalbertMax AdalbertNotary / Chancellor
Wilhelm DiegelmannWilhelm DiegelmannDoctor
Erich PabstTeacher
Karl PlatenKarl PlatenPharmacist
Hermann PichaHermann PichaTaylor
Paul RehkopfPaul RehkopfGravedigger
Max PfeifferNight Watchman
Georg JohnGeorg JohnBeggar
Lydia PotechinaLydia PotechinaLandlady
Grete BergerMother
Rudolf Klein-RoggeRudolf Klein-RoggeDervish / Girolamo
Eduard von WintersteinCaliph (uncredited)
Lothar MüthelConfidant (uncredited)
Edgar PaulyEdgar PaulyGirolamo's Friend (uncredited)
Louis BrodyLouis BrodyMoor (uncredited)

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