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Destiny

Der Müde Tod

1921

Fritz Lang

Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke, Erich Pabst ...

7.8

3,007

Fantasy. Drama. Romance 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. In each story, a woman, trying to save her lover from his ultimate tragic fate, fails. The young lady realizes the meaning of the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A parable about love and death that captivates with its ambition, enigma and sophistication (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Huddleston Time Out	"What an extraordinary rediscovery (...) Lang’s direction is never heavy-handed (...) This one will haunt your dreams (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Kevin Maher The Times	"One for the film history completists only (...) [It] is hard work. With none of the verve or artistic ingenuity of Murnau’s 1922 'Nosferatu' or Lang’s 1927 groundbreaker, 'Metropolis' (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Tara Brady Irish Times	"Indelible images, still startling almost a century after they were shot (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Danny King Village Voice	"When the movie ends, in arguably upbeat fashion, that declaration ['love is stronger than death'] comes to seem almost reasonable."	POS

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