Destiny
1921 · directed by Fritz Lang
- Rating
- 77/100
- Hit
- no
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.
Destiny (1921), directed by Fritz Lang, rates 77/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Lil Dagover
- Walter Janssen
- Bernhard Goetzke
- Hans Sternberg
- Karl Rückert
- Max Adalbert
- Wilhelm Diegelmann
- Erich Pabst
- Karl Platen
- Hermann Picha
Crew
- Erich Nitzschmann — Director of Photography
- Fritz Arno Wagner — Director of Photography
- Hermann Saalfrank — Director of Photography
- Fritz Lang — Writer
- Thea von Harbou — Writer
More from Fritz Lang
- M (1931) — 100/100 · hit
- Metropolis (1927) — 88/100 · hit
- Scarlet Street (1945) — 86/100 · hit
- The Big Heat (1953) — 85/100 · hit
- Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) — 85/100 · hit
- Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922) — 84/100 · hit
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