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Destiny

Original title: Der müde Tod

Love is Stronger Than Death

  • Movie
  • 1921
  • 1h 38m

Directed by Fritz Lang

7.4

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7.4 out of 10 from 180 votes

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Overview

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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Cast and crew

  • Lil Dagover

    Lil DagoverYoung Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien

  • Walter Janssen

    Walter JanssenYoung Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang

  • Bernhard Goetzke

    Bernhard GoetzkeDeath / El Mot / Archer

  • Hans Sternberg

    Hans SternbergMayor

  • Karl RückertReverend

  • Max Adalbert

    Max AdalbertNotary / Chancellor

  • Wilhelm Diegelmann

    Wilhelm DiegelmannDoctor

  • Erich PabstTeacher

  • Karl Platen

    Karl PlatenPharmacist

  • Hermann Picha

    Hermann PichaTaylor

  • Paul Rehkopf

    Paul RehkopfGravedigger

  • Max PfeifferNight Watchman

  • Georg John

    Georg JohnBeggar

  • Lydia Potechina

    Lydia PotechinaLandlady

  • Grete BergerMother

  • Rudolf Klein-Rogge

    Rudolf Klein-RoggeDervish / Girolamo

  • Eduard von WintersteinCaliph (uncredited)

  • Lothar MüthelConfidant (uncredited)

Director
Fritz Lang
Writer
Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou
Cinematography
Erich Nitzschmann, Hermann Saalfrank and Fritz Arno Wagner