Drama Fantasy 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.
Directed by
Fritz Lang
Written by
Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang
Walter Janssen
Young Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang
Lil Dagover
Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien
Paul Rehkopf
Gravedigger
Hermann Vallentin
(uncredited)
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Dervish / Girolamo
Georg John
Beggar
Hermann Picha
Taylor
Karl Platen
Pharmacist
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Doctor
Max Adalbert
Notary / Chancellor
Bernhard Goetzke
Death / El Mot / Archer
Paul Biensfeldt
A Hi (uncredited)
Lydia Potechina
Landlady
Károly Huszár
Emperor of China
Ernst Rückert
Priest (uncredited)
Eduard von Winterstein
Caliph (uncredited)
Louis Brody
Moor (uncredited)
Hans Sternberg
Mayor
Karl Rückert
Reverend
Erich Pabst
Teacher
Grete Berger
Mother
Lothar Müthel
Confidant (uncredited)
Edgar Pauly
Girolamo's Friend (uncredited)
Neumann-Schüler
Executioner (uncredited)
Erika Unruh
Ayesha

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