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Destiny

Original title: Der müde Tod
  • 1921
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 54m
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7.6/10
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Destiny (1921)
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When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.

  • Director
    • Fritz Lang
  • Writers
    • Fritz Lang
    • Thea von Harbou
  • Stars
    • Bernhard Goetzke
    • Lil Dagover
    • Walter Janssen
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    7.6/10
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    • Director
      • Fritz Lang
    • Writers
      • Fritz Lang
      • Thea von Harbou
    • Stars
      • Bernhard Goetzke
      • Lil Dagover
      • Walter Janssen
    • 41User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Bernhard Goetzke
    Bernhard Goetzke
    • Death…
    Lil Dagover
    Lil Dagover
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    Walter Janssen
    Walter Janssen
    • Young Man…
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    Karl Rückert
    • Reverend
    • (as Carl Rückert)
    Max Adalbert
    Max Adalbert
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    Wilhelm Diegelmann
    Wilhelm Diegelmann
    • Doctor…
    Erich Pabst
    • Teacher…
    Karl Platen
    • Pharmacist…
    Hermann Picha
    • Taylor…
    Paul Rehkopf
    • Grave-Digger…
    Max Pfeiffer
    • Night Watchman…
    Georg John
    Georg John
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    Lydia Potechina
    Lydia Potechina
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    Grete Berger
    Grete Berger
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    Eduard von Winterstein
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    • Kalif
    Erika Unruh
    • Ayesha
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    Rudolf Klein-Rogge
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    • Director
      • Fritz Lang
    • Writers
      • Fritz Lang
      • Thea von Harbou
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    • Trivia
      Alfred Hitchcock's favorite film.
    • Quotes

      Junge Maedchen: You dread, awful cactus, you!

    • Alternate versions
      DVD "Destiny (Der müd Tod)" (c) 2000 by Film Preservation Associates, with English titles and inter-titles by Ulrich Ruedel, tinted with added musical score, running at 99 minutes.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)

    User reviews41

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    9/10
    Love is Stronger than Death
    In a small village somewhere in time, a stranger lease for ninety-nine years a field annex to the cemetery and surround it with a very high wall without gate. When a young couple of travelers stop in a local tavern for resting, the fiancé vanishes and her fiancée seeks him and meets his spirit entering through the wall. She finds an entrance and finds that the stranger is actually Death, who is tired of bringing suffering to the world. She begs for the life of her beloved fiancé, and Death proposes her to save one of three lives that are in the end. If she succeeds, Death will bring her lover back to live. The lady becomes a woman in Persia, in Venice and in China, and in all situations she fails to save her respective lover. Death gives her one last chance, if she manages to find within one hour a person in the village that could give up living. When the local hospital is burning in fire, the young woman realizes the only way to stay with her lover.

    "Der Müde Tod" is another magnificent fantasy of the genius Fritz Lang. Ingmar Berman was certainly influenced and inspired by this stunning film with his masterpiece "Det Sjunde Inseglet" (a.k.a. "The Seventh Seal"). It is amazing how Fritz Lang was able to generate shadows and special effects with the primitive apparatuses in the incipient cinema. Further, the originality of his screenplays is absolutely impressive. "Der Müde Tod" shows wonderful fantasy about the duel between love and death, with a beautiful message in the end, proving that love is stronger than death. My admiration for this master increases after watching each of his movies. My vote is nine.

    Title (Brazil): "A Morte Cansada" ("The Tired Death")
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    • Release date
      • January 30, 1922 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Between Two Worlds
    • Filming locations
      • Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
    • Production company
      • Decla-Bioscop AG
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $12,156
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,334
      • May 22, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $12,156
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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