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When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.
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Karl Rückert
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- (as Carl Rückert)
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- TriviaAlfred Hitchcock's favorite film.
- Quotes
Junge Maedchen: You dread, awful cactus, you!
- Alternate versionsDVD "Destiny (Der müd Tod)" (c) 2000 by Film Preservation Associates, with English titles and inter-titles by Ulrich Ruedel, tinted with added musical score, running at 99 minutes.
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
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Lang Shows the Way
I don't know why, but one of my favorite film genres is German Expressionism. Like American film noir, it creates a dark vision of human existence from which a flowering of truth unfolds. And this truth is not what the protagonist wants to hear and comes at a great price. I love this stuff.
I recently had the opportunity to view "Der Müde Tod" theatrically, and it was pure heaven. Billed as Fritz Lang's first big hit, it's easy to see why. Filled with lavish spectacle and special effects, the film still maintains it's human level. And such a story: a young newlywed husband is taken by Death on his honeymoon. As in a fairytale, the bride is able to confront Death and beg for you her husbands return. Death will grant her this if she can once cheat him of one who is about to die. She is given three chances to pull off this trick, which transport her to Persia, Venice and China. Death, her husband and herself are characters in each of these fanciful locales. All this leads back to a gripping finale in Germany where it all began.
As far as silent movies go, this is one of the best.
I recently had the opportunity to view "Der Müde Tod" theatrically, and it was pure heaven. Billed as Fritz Lang's first big hit, it's easy to see why. Filled with lavish spectacle and special effects, the film still maintains it's human level. And such a story: a young newlywed husband is taken by Death on his honeymoon. As in a fairytale, the bride is able to confront Death and beg for you her husbands return. Death will grant her this if she can once cheat him of one who is about to die. She is given three chances to pull off this trick, which transport her to Persia, Venice and China. Death, her husband and herself are characters in each of these fanciful locales. All this leads back to a gripping finale in Germany where it all began.
As far as silent movies go, this is one of the best.
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- gbheron
- Mar 11, 2002
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,156
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,334
- May 22, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $12,156
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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