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Destiny

Destiny

Love is Stronger Than Death

Genres

DramaFantasyRomance

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

98 mins

Rating

7.415/10

Release Date

06 October 1921

Country

Germany

Cast

Lil Dagover

Lil Dagover

Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien

Walter Janssen

Walter Janssen

Young Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang

Bernhard Goetzke

Bernhard Goetzke

Death / El Mot / Archer

Hans Sternberg

Hans Sternberg

Mayor

Karl Rückert

Karl Rückert

Reverend

Max Adalbert

Max Adalbert

Notary / Chancellor

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Doctor

Erich Pabst

Erich Pabst

Teacher

Karl Platen

Karl Platen

Pharmacist

Hermann Picha

Hermann Picha

Taylor

Paul Rehkopf

Paul Rehkopf

Gravedigger

Max Pfeiffer

Max Pfeiffer

Night Watchman

Georg John

Georg John

Beggar

Lydia Potechina

Lydia Potechina

Landlady

Grete Berger

Grete Berger

Mother

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Dervish / Girolamo

Eduard von Winterstein

Eduard von Winterstein

Caliph (uncredited)

Lothar Müthel

Lothar Müthel

Confidant (uncredited)

Edgar Pauly

Edgar Pauly

Girolamo's Friend (uncredited)

Louis Brody

Louis Brody

Moor (uncredited)

Károly Huszár

Károly Huszár

Emperor of China

Paul Biensfeldt

Paul Biensfeldt

A Hi (uncredited)

Neumann-Schüler

Neumann-Schüler

Executioner (uncredited)

Ernst Rückert

Ernst Rückert

Priest (uncredited)

Hermann Vallentin

Hermann Vallentin

(uncredited)

Erika Unruh

Erika Unruh

Ayesha

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