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How did Fritz Lang’s film Destiny use different historical settings?

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Fritz Lang directing Woman in the Moon (1929) — Fritz Lang Although it took Fritz Lang some 21 years to make 22 Hollywood films, arguably at least half of them are noirish masterpieces of menace. His time in Hollywood, which began in 1934, followed a directing career in Germany during the 1920s that included several landmark films.

Fritz Lang’s 1921 film Der müde Tod (known in English as Destiny) is an episodic Romantic allegory that explores the theme of doomed lovers. To depict this narrative, Lang utilized several different historical settings, which allowed him to showcase his acclaimed talent for dynamic compositions of architectural line and space.12

While the film is celebrated for its visual structure, it is categorized as an allegorical melodrama that uses these varied historical backdrops to frame its central story of fate. The film remains a notable example of Lang's early work during the period of German Expressionism, a movement characterized by the use of stylized imagery and expressive design to convey subjective emotions and themes.12