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30 January 1922 (Finland)
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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...
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Lang Shows the Way
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lil Dagover | ... | Young Woman / Der junge Maedchen / Zobeide / Monna Fiametta / Tiao Tsien | |
| Walter Janssen | ... | Young Man / Der junge Mann / Franke / Giovan Francesco / Liang | |
| Bernhard Goetzke | ... | Death / Der Tod / El Mot / Bogner / Archer | |
| Hans Sternberg | ... | Mayor / Buergermeister | |
| Karl Rückert | ... | Reverend (as Carl Rückert) | |
| Max Adalbert | ... | Notary / Notar / Schatzmeister / Chancellor | |
| Wilhelm Diegelmann | ... | Doctor / Arzt | |
| Erich Pabst | ... | Teacher / Lehrer | |
| Karl Platen | ... | Pharmacist / Apotheker | |
| Hermann Picha | ... | Taylor / Schneider | |
| Paul Rehkopf | ... | Grave-Digger / Kuester | |
| Max Pfeiffer | |||
| Georg John | ... | Beggar / Bettler | |
| Lydia Potechina | ... | Landlady / Wirtin | |
| Grete Berger | ... | Mother / Mutter |
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Between Two Worlds (USA)
Between Worlds (USA)
Beyond the Wall
Destiny (UK)
The Three Lights (UK)
The Weary Death (USA) (literal English title)
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Between Worlds (USA)
Beyond the Wall
Destiny (UK)
The Three Lights (UK)
The Weary Death (USA) (literal English title)
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105 min (16 fps) | USA:114 min
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Alfred Hitchcock's favorite film.
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Junge Maedchen:
You dread, awful cactus, you!
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I don't know why, but one of my favorite film genres is German Expressionism. Like American film noir, it creates a dark vision of human existence from which a flowering of truth unfolds. And this truth is not what the protagonist wants to hear and comes at a great price. I love this stuff.
I recently had the opportunity to view "Der Müde Tod" theatrically, and it was pure heaven. Billed as Fritz Lang's first big hit, it's easy to see why. Filled with lavish spectacle and special effects, the film still maintains it's human level. And such a story: a young newlywed husband is taken by Death on his honeymoon. As in a fairytale, the bride is able to confront Death and beg for you her husbands return. Death will grant her this if she can once cheat him of one who is about to die. She is given three chances to pull off this trick, which transport her to Persia, Venice and China. Death, her husband and herself are characters in each of these fanciful locales. All this leads back to a gripping finale in Germany where it all began.
As far as silent movies go, this is one of the best.