''Destiny'' () is a 1925 German silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Felix Basch Felix Basch (1885–1944) was an American-Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director. He first acted in Vienna, and he was a producer and director for the German film production company U. F. A. Following the Nazi takeover of power in Germ ...

and starring Lucy Doraine,

Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt ( , ; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German and British actor. He attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and ''The Man ...

, and

Lia Eibenschütz Lia Eibenschütz (1899–1985) was a German actress. She was married to the actor Kurt Vespermann with whom she had a son Gerd Vespermann who also became an actor. Selected filmography * '' The War of the Oxen'' (1920) * '' The Legend of Holy ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Carl Ludwig Kirmse Carl Ludwig Kirmse (1888–1982) was a German art director who worked prolifically on films during the silent film, silent and sound film, sound eras.Giesen p.220 Selected filmography * ''The House of Torment'' (1921) * ''Country Roads and the Bi ...

Cast

* Lucy Doraine as Yvonne *

as Graf L. M. Vranna *

as Heddy *Hilde Radney as Ria Verene *

Paul Bildt Paul Hermann Bildt (19 May 1885 – 13 March 1957) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born in Berlin and died in Zehlendorf, West Berlin. Selected filmography * '' Devil in Silk'' (19 ...

as Martin *

Willy Kaiser-Heyl Willy Kaiser-Heyl (4 August 1876 – 2 December 1953) was a German film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1919 and 1952. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''The Tragedy of a Great'' (1920) * ...

* Rolf Loer as Frederick Holm *

Hadrian Maria Netto Hadrian Maria Netto (1885–1947) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.228 He was also a playwright. Selected filmography * '' A Woman for 24 Hours'' (1925) * ''Destiny'' (1925) * '' The Armoured Vault'' (1926) * '' Love in the Cowshed'' (1 ...

as Jockey B. Craddock *

Eduard von Winterstein Eduard Clemens Franz Anna Freiherr von Wangenheim (1 August 1871 – 22 July 1961), known as Eduard von Winterstein, was an Austrian-German film actor who appeared in over one hundred fifty German films during the silent and sound eras. He was ...

as Minister von Glayn *

Friedrich Kayßler Friedrich Martin Adalbert Kayssler, also spelled Kayßler (7 April 1874 – 30 April 1945), was a German theatre and film actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1913 and 1945. Biography Kayssler was born in Neurode in the Silesia Province ...

as Präsident H. Milner

References

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* Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Felix Basch German silent feature films 1925 drama films German black-and-white films Silent German drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films Films scored by Giuseppe Becce German-language drama films {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub