Destiny

About Destiny

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) is a fantasy thriller film directed by Fritz Lang. Released in October 1921, it runs 98 minutes.

The film is filed under china, self sacrifice, stranger, and fiancé.

Lil Dagover stars as Young Woman, Walter Janssen as Young Man, Bernhard Goetzke as Death, and Hans Sternberg as Mayor. The screenplay is by Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou. In the United States it streams on FlixFling and Kino Film Collection.

Nosferatu, Metropolis, and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari make useful companions to Destiny, all filed under expressionism and german expressionism. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 180 votes.