Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Cast
Eduard von Winterstein, Lil Dagover, Bernard Goetzke, Walter Janssen, Georg John, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Lothar Muthel, Erich Pabst
Original language
German
Production companies
Decla Film, DECLA-BIOSCOP
Home video distributors
Video Images (United States)
Setting
German Reich, Arabian Peninsula, Venice, China
Crew
Screenplay
Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang
Cinematography
Erich Nitzschmann, Hermann Saalfrank, Fritz-Arno Wagner
Music
Peter Schirmann
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Transilvania International Film Festival 2017 generic
- Viennale 2012 generic
- International Film Festival Rotterdam 1975 generic
- Locarno International Film Festival 1961 generic
Titles
| Original title | DER MÜDE TOD | |
| Alternate title | Between Two Worlds | |
| Alternate title | Beyond the Wall | |
| Alternate title | Les Trois lumières | |
| Alternate title | Destiny | |
| Alternate title | Weary Death |
VHS & home video releases
| VHS | Video Images (cat. no. 1283) | 1987, United States, slipcase |
Versions & editions
| Home video VHS | United States | 1987 1283 |
Full credits
| Director | Fritz Lang |
| Cast | Eduard von Winterstein, Lil Dagover, Bernard Goetzke, Walter Janssen, Georg John, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Lothar Muthel, Erich Pabst, Edgar Pauli, Lina Paulsen, Karl Platen, Hans Sternberg, Erika Unruh |
| Screenplay | Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang |
| Cinematography | Erich Nitzschmann, Hermann Saalfrank, Fritz-Arno Wagner |
| Music | Peter Schirmann |
| Production design | Robert Herlth, Walter Rohrig, Hermann Warm |
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