''Destiny'' (german: Schicksal) is a 1942 Austrian-German
historical
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drama film
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directed by
Géza von Bolváry
Géza von Bolváry (born Géza Gyula Mária Bolváry Zahn, german: Géza Maria von Bolváry-Zahn; 26 December 1897 – 10 August 1961) was a Hungarians, Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Aust ...
and starring
Heinrich George
Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 – 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George (), was a German stage and film actor.
Career Weimar Republic
George is noted for having spooked the young Bertolt Brecht in his first ...
,
Werner Hinz
Werner Hinz (18 January 1903 – 10 February 1985) was a German film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1935 and 1984.
Selected filmography
* ''The Old and the Young King'' (1935) - Kronprinz Friedrich ('Fritz')
* ''White Slaves'' (19 ...
, and
Christian Kayßler
Christian Friedrich Kayssler, commonly spelled Kayßler (14 June 1898 – 10 March 1944), was a German stage and film actor. He was the son of the actor Friedrich Kayßler. He appeared in 14 films before dying in an Allied bombing raid on Berlin ...
. The film was made by
Wien-Film
Wien-Film GmbH ("Vienna Film Limited") was a large Austrian film company, which in 1938 succeeded the Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG (Sascha Film Company) and lasted until 1985. Until 1945 the business was owned by the Cautio Trust Company (''Cauti ...
, a company set up by the Germans after they had
annexed Austria in 1938. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Kurt Herlth
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and
Werner Schlichting
Werner Schlichting (1904–1996) was a German art director who worked on over a hundred films during a lengthy career. He worked on a number of Austrian films including '' The Congress Dances'' and ''The Last Ten Days'' (1955).Fritsche p.253
Sele ...
. The film was banned after the
Second World War
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for its perceived
Nazi
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content.
Plot
When the commander of a Bulgarian castle is killed in combat, his
steward brings up his two children.
Cast
References
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1942 films
Films of Nazi Germany
German drama films
1942 drama films
1940s German-language films
Films directed by Géza von Bolváry
Films set in Bulgaria
Films set in the 1910s
German black-and-white films
1940s German films
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