Destiny (1921)

Love is Stronger Than Death

98 min · Germany · Dir. Fritz Lang

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.

Cast

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

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