Destiny (1921)

7.4/10 98 min Drama Fantasy Thriller

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.

Cast

Lil Dagover

Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien

Walter Janssen

Young Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang

Bernhard Goetzke

Death / El Mot / Archer

Hans Sternberg

Mayor

Max Adalbert

Notary / Chancellor

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Doctor

Karl Platen

Pharmacist

Hermann Picha

Taylor

Paul Rehkopf

Gravedigger

Georg John

Beggar

Lydia Potechina

Landlady

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Dervish / Girolamo

Edgar Pauly

Girolamo's Friend (uncredited)

Louis Brody

Moor (uncredited)

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