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Destiny ( Der Müde Tod, 1921), along with Fritz Lang’s succeeding effort Siegfried (1924), stands as one of the most essentially Expressionistic German films. The sto ry, part legend, part fairy tale, is primarily a dream-vision of a young woman who is searching for her missing lover. The dream consists of three elaborately conceived ...
Directed by Fritz Lang. A young woman (Lil Dagover) confronts the personification of Death (Bernhard Goetzke), in an effort to save the life of her fiance (Walter Janssen). Death weaves three romantic tragedies and offers to unite the girl with her lover, if she can prevent the death of the lovers in at least one of the episodes.
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Recently playing theaters across this country, Destiny is ripe for discovery for those cinephiles interested in the artistry of the silent period. Easily Fritz Lang’s first real masterpiece, this is a picture of profound emotional depths, a drama that is as emotionally rich as it is gorgeously crafted.
14 O O Camera Movement in Fritz Lang’s German Films FS Beyond Destiny and Design Daniel Morgan U N C O R R EC TE D PR Of all the things that come to mind when we think about Fritz Lang’s German films, especially those from the silent era, camera movement is not high on the list.
Aug 25, 2016 · Destiny is visionary filmmaking, the work of an artist exploring the possibilities of a new and burgeoning art. Lang was a consummate visual storyteller, so much so that the intertitles almost become unnecessary to understand the plot. Each frame is a work of shocking beauty, making it one of Lang's most indelible cinematic works.
Fritz Lang’s Destiny is an expressionistic romantic-fantasy that centers on a young 19th-century woman as she challenges “Death” in the hope of bringing back her prematurely taken love. What follows are three moral parables - set in Persia, exotic Venice and imperial China - each dealing with ill-fated love.
