The Lighthouse
2019 · Drama · Fantasy
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Film / 1921
Destiny
Directed by
Fritz Lang
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Lil DagoverYoung Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien
Walter JanssenYoung Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang
Bernhard GoetzkeDeath / El Mot / Archer
Hans SternbergMayor
Karl RückertReverend
Max AdalbertNotary / Chancellor
Wilhelm DiegelmannDoctor
Erich PabstTeacher
Karl PlatenPharmacist
Hermann PichaTaylor
Paul RehkopfGravedigger
Max PfeifferNight Watchman
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Georg JohnBeggar
Lydia PotechinaLandlady
Grete BergerMother
Rudolf Klein-RoggeDervish / Girolamo
Eduard von WintersteinCaliph (uncredited)
Lothar MüthelConfidant (uncredited)
Edgar PaulyGirolamo's Friend (uncredited)
Louis BrodyMoor (uncredited)
Károly HuszárEmperor of China
Paul BiensfeldtA Hi (uncredited)
Neumann-SchülerExecutioner (uncredited)
Ernst RückertPriest (uncredited)
Hermann Vallentin(uncredited)
Erika UnruhAyesha
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