German silent film "Destiny" to be screened April 12, 2013

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Still from silent film "Destiny" (Germany, 1921, directed by Fritz Lang)

ALBANY, NY (03/21/2013)(readMedia)-- DESTINY (DER MÜDE TOD, Germany, 1921, 105 minutes, b/w, silent with live piano accompaniment by Mike Schiffer, directed by Fritz Lang) will be shown on Friday, April 12, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downtown campus. Sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute as part of its Classic Film Series, the screening is free and open to the public.

A dark fairy tale, DESTINY tells the story of a young woman's bargain with the Angel of Death after he slays her lover. Death agrees to revive him if she can save at least one of three lives in peril in three different settings: medieval Persia, Renaissance Venice, and imperial China. The film influenced a succeeding generation of filmmakers, including Luis Buñuel, who said in his autobiography, "When I saw DESTINY, I suddenly knew that I wanted to make movies," and Alfred Hitchcock, who cited it as a film that deeply impressed him as a young man.

For additional information contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst.

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