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

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