Destiny (1921)
Der müde Tod
Love is Stronger Than Death
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.
- Date of release
- 1921-10-06
- TMDB
- 7.4 / 10 (180)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
- Director
- Fritz Lang
Casting
- Lil Dagover — Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien
- Walter Janssen — Young Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang
- Bernhard Goetzke — Death / El Mot / Archer
- Hans Sternberg — Mayor
- Karl Rückert — Reverend
- Max Adalbert — Notary / Chancellor
- Wilhelm Diegelmann — Doctor
- Erich Pabst — Teacher
- Karl Platen — Pharmacist
- Hermann Picha — Taylor
- Paul Rehkopf — Gravedigger
- Max Pfeiffer — Night Watchman
Interesting facts
Destiny is a 1921 silent German Expressionist fantasy romance film directed by Fritz Lang and inspired by the Indian folktale of Savitri. The plot follows a woman desperate to reunite with her dead lover. It is also an anthology film that follows three other tragic romances set in the Middle East, in Venice, and in China.
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