Destiny (1921)
Der müde Tod
Love is Stronger Than Death
114 min
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.
- Release date
- October 6, 1921
- Country of origin
- Germany
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Cast
- Lil Dagover as Young Woman
- Walter Janssen as Young Man
- Bernhard Goetzke as Death
- Hans Sternberg as Mayor
- Karl Rückert as Reverend
- Max Adalbert as Notary
- Wilhelm Diegelmann as Doctor
- Erich Pabst as Teacher
- Karl Platen as Pharmacist
- Hermann Picha as Taylor
- Paul Rehkopf as Gravedigger
- Max Pfeifer as Night Watchman
- Georg John as Beggar
- Lydia Potechina as Landlady
- Grete Berger as Mother
- Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Dervish / Girolamo
- Eduard von Winterstein as Caliph (uncredited)
- Lothar Müthel as Confidant (uncredited)
- Louis Brody as Moor (uncredited)
- Károly Huszár as Emperor of China
- Paul Biensfeldt as A Hi (uncredited)
- Ernst Rückert as Priest (uncredited)
- Hermann Vallentin as (uncredited)
- Bernhard Goetzke as Der Tod
- Bernhard Goetzke as El Mot
- Lil Dagover as Das junge Mädchen
- Lil Dagover as Zobeide
- Walter Janssen as Der junge Mann
- Walter Janssen as Franke
- Hans Sternberg as Bürgermeister
- Max Adalbert as Notar
- Max Adalbert as Schatzmeister
- Wilhelm Diegelmann as Arzt
- Erich Pabst as Lehrer
- Karl Platen as Apotheker
- Hermann Picha as Schneider
Crew
- Fritz Lang · Director
- Fritz Lang · Writer
- Thea von Harbou · Writer
- Erich Pommer · Producer
- Giuseppe Becce · Composer
- Karl-Ernst Sasse · Composer
- Peter Schirmann · Composer
- Bruno Mondi · Cinematographer
- Erich Nitzschmann · Cinematographer
- Herrmann Saalfrank · Cinematographer
- Bruno Timm · Cinematographer
- Fritz Lang · Editor