1921 Fantasy thriller
Germany
1h 45min
Original language: German
In a vaguely 19th-century German village, a tall, sepulchral stranger builds a high wall around his property sans doors or windows, then Lil Dagover's lover disappears -- could the stranger be D...? (The German title translates as The Weary Death). So, is "love stronger than death?" The stranger gives Dagover visions of lovers at bay in an Arabian Nights Bagdad, in a Renaissance Vienna at Carnival, and in a highly stylized China, complete with special effects admired ,and copied .
Directed by | Fritz Lang |
Written by | Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou |
Company | Image EntertainmentImage EntertainmentImage Entertainment |