

Overview
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.
Top Cast

Lil Dagover
Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien

Walter Janssen
Young Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang

Bernhard Goetzke
Death / El Mot / Archer

Hans Sternberg
Mayor
Karl Rückert
Reverend

Max Adalbert
Notary / Chancellor

Wilhelm Diegelmann
Doctor
Erich Pabst
Teacher

Karl Platen
Pharmacist

Hermann Picha
Taylor

Paul Rehkopf
Gravedigger
Max Pfeiffer
Night Watchman
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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