Kriemhilds revenge, 1924 is generally considered one of the finest productions. In part one, siegfried, the films eponymous hero acquires the power of. On his way to worms, he kills a dragon and finds a treasure, the hort. The nibelungenlied is based on an oral tradition that has some of its origin in historic events and individuals of the 5th and 6th centuries and that spread. In part one, siegfried, the films eponymous hero acquires the power of invincibility after slaying a dragon and bathing in the creatures blood.
The same impossible chest wound is shown later to be the one bleeding when the murderer enters the room. Siegfried als auch sein sequel kriemhilds rache sind definitiv keine billigproduktionen. The cxencoded digital surround stereo organ score by gaylord carter is nice. Siegfried is one such film, and while we usually approve of the tinting restoration, it doesnt do much for siegfried, turning it into a overly dark film with a picture lacking in detail. Siegfried, son of king sigmund, hears of the beautiful sister of gunter, king of worms, kriemhild. In part 2, kriemhild marries etzel, king of the huns, in order to gain. It was directed by harald reinl and produced by artur brauner. Siegfried siegfrieds death dec 11, 20 if you like the lord of the rings trilogy, you may want to check out this german silent fantasy epic.
On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Saw this film when it came out in mexico city, around christmass of 1967. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. The special effects and cinematography were really impressive and stunning, especially the dragon effect. If the hero seems like an amoral thug, thats not entirely inappropriate.
I enjoyed parts of it, even if i still believe fritz langs approach is superior. Siegfried 1924 not rated 1h 40min adventure, drama, fantasy 1924 poland siegfried, son of king sigmund, hears of the beautiful sister of gunter, king of worms, kriemhild. Sep 26, 2011 a journey into the milky way galaxy the most interesting galaxy in the universe documentary touch your heart 4,391 watching live now. If the first part was 91 minutes and the second part was 110, that makes 201 minutes. Reinl and writer petersson also worked together on several winnetou films. Ive not seen this film, but i absolutely love the 1922 version. With paul richter, margarete schon, theodor loos, gertrud arnold. Siegfrieds tod deutschland 1924 drama fantasy lang selbst erklarte zum stilprinzip seiner nibelungen.
Intrigues eventually result in hagen of tronje killing siegfried during a hunt. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of passau. The works are based loosely on characters from the norse sagas and the nibelungenlied. Fritz lang by roderick heath the ancient germanic and scandinavian tales of siegfried or sigurd were vital building blocks for. He helps gunther to win krimhild, a mask that makes him invisible proves to be very useful. This channel was generated automatically by youtubes video discovery system.