As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman finds a mystic entrance and is met by Death, who tells her three separate stories set in exotic locales, all involving circumstances similar to hers.
as Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien
as Young Man / Frank / Gianfrancesco / Liang
as Death / El Mot / Archer
as Mayor
as Reverend
as Notary / Chancellor
as Doctor
as Teacher
as Pharmacist
as Taylor
as Gravedigger
as Night Watchman
as Beggar
as Landlady
as Mother
as Dervish / Girolamo
as Caliph (uncredited)
as Confidant (uncredited)
as Girolamo's Friend (uncredited)
as Moor (uncredited)
as Emperor of China
as A Hi (uncredited)
as Executioner (uncredited)
as Priest (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Ayesha