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Love is Stronger Than Death - Destiny
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Title: Destiny

Release Date: 6 Oct 1921

Runtime: 1h 38m

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Decla-Bioscop

Production Companies: Decla-Bioscop

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.

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Average Vote: 7.4 (155 votes)

Cast

  • Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien: Lil Dagover
  • Young Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang: Walter Janssen
  • Death / El Mot / Archer: Bernhard Goetzke
  • Mayor: Hans Sternberg
  • Reverend: Karl Rückert
  • Notary / Chancellor: Max Adalbert
  • Doctor: Wilhelm Diegelmann
  • Teacher: Erich Pabst
  • Pharmacist: Karl Platen
  • Taylor: Hermann Picha
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