Summary
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.
Details
Release Date: October 6, 1921
Runtime: 98 minutes
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: DE
Rating: ⭐ 7.4/10 (170 votes)
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Cast
Lil Dagover
Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien
Walter Janssen
Young Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang
Bernhard Goetzke
Death / El Mot / Archer
Max Adalbert
Notary / Chancellor
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Doctor
Karl Platen
Pharmacist
Hermann Picha
Taylor
Paul Rehkopf
Gravedigger
Georg John
Beggar
Lydia Potechina
Landlady
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Dervish / Girolamo
Louis Brody
Moor (uncredited)
Károly Huszár
Emperor of China
Paul Biensfeldt
A Hi (uncredited)
Ernst Rückert
Priest (uncredited)
Hermann Vallentin
(uncredited)