Destiny
About Destiny
A young couple stops at a village inn. Death abducts the man and shuts him behind a wall with no door and no window. The woman finds a way in. Death tells her three stories, in the Middle East, in Venice, and in China, each a love that ends as hers has. Lil Dagover plays the woman. Bernhard Goetzke plays Death. The German title is Der müde Tod, a German folksong in six verses. Fritz Lang took the frame from the Indian tale of Savitri.
Cast & crew
More about Destiny
Lang directed and edited it with Thea von Harbou, who shares the writing. Erich Pommer produced it. Fritz Arno Wagner, Bruno Mondi, Bruno Timm, and Erich Nitzschmann photographed it. Giuseppe Becce wrote the music. It opened on 6 October 1921 and runs 105 minutes. Walter Janssen, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, and Hans Sternberg are billed. A copy is on the Internet Archive as The Three Lights.
Themes
Look
Wagner, Mondi, Timm, and Nitzschmann photographed the inn and the three inset stories.
Music
Giuseppe Becce wrote the music.
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The three inset stories are the Middle East, Venice, and China.
- The Internet Archive identifier is silent-the-three-lights.
- Klein-Rogge is in the cast with Dagover and Goetzke.
Scenes
- Death takes the young man through a doorless wall.
- The woman hears the three stories and is offered a bargain.
Influenced by
- The Indian tale of Savitri
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-the-three-lights)
