Destiny (1921)
Der müde Tod
"Love is Stronger Than Death"
ThumbScore
👍 87%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 80%
(RT: 80%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Lil Dagover as Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien
Walter Janssen as Young Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang
Bernhard Goetzke as Death / El Mot / Archer
Hans Sternberg as Mayor
Karl Rückert as Reverend
Max Adalbert as Notary / Chancellor
Wilhelm Diegelmann as Doctor
Erich Pabst as Teacher
Is Destiny good?
Yes. 87% audience score, estimated from 180 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 80%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
