Destiny (1921)

10/06/1921 (DE) • 1h 38m

Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Love is Stronger Than Death

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Lil Dagover

Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien

Walter Janssen

Young Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang

Bernhard Goetzke

Death / El Mot / Archer

Max Adalbert

Notary / Chancellor

Karl Platen

Pharmacist


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

china

self sacrifice

fiancé

wall

death

silent film

stranger

inn

expressionism

cementery

life after death

death personified

german expressionism

mudo

século xix

expressionismo alemão

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