Destiny

Oct 6, 1921

1h 38m

★ 7.4

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.

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Romance

Production Companies

Decla-Bioscop

Destiny Trailers

Cast

Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien

Lil Dagover

Young Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang

Walter Janssen

Death / El Mot / Archer

Bernhard Goetzke

Mayor

Hans Sternberg

Reverend

Karl Rückert

Notary / Chancellor

Max Adalbert

Doctor

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Teacher

Erich Pabst

Pharmacist

Karl Platen

Taylor

Hermann Picha

Gravedigger

Paul Rehkopf

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