INDIANAPOLIS — Film historian Eric Grayson will screen the 1921 film, Destiny, at Garfield Park Arts Center on Sat., Aug. 20, at 8 p.m. Starring Lil Dagover and Bernhard Goetzke, this is the third German Expressionist film Grayson has made available this summer.
A young woman (Dagover) is about to be married when her lover is collected by Death. Weary of his work, Death (Goetzke) takes up residence in a small village, where the young woman follows him. She begs him to release her lover, so Death agrees to a game: if she can keep just one of three doomed men from his fate, he will release the young man.
This is one of the most popular of director Fritz Lang’s silent films, according to Grayson, made before his triumph with Metropolis (1927). A live score will be provided by pianist Roger Lippincott.
Admission is $5; concessions, $1. Free parking. Family-friendly entertainment. For more information, visit www.gpacarts.org or call 317-327-7135.
