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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried / Kriemhild's Revenge

DVD/APPROX. 291 MINS./1924/US NR

Main feature:

Release Dec 10, 2002
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio
Subtitles
Studio Kino
Year 1924

Special features:

  • Footage of Fritz Lang On the Set
  • Production Design and Special Effects Sketches by Erich Kettelhut (intercut with Scenes From the Films)
  • Comparison of the Dragon-Slaying Scenes From Siegfried and The Thief Of Bagdad (1924)
  • Original 1924 Score By Gottfried Huppertz, Performed By the Munich Radio Orchestra
  • Essay By Film Scholar Jan-Christopher Horak
  • Photo Gallery, Including Rare Behind-the-Scenes Images

Synopsis:



Fritz Lang's complete five-hour epic

One of the greatest artistic and technical achievements of the German silent cinema. Fritz Lang's monumental Die Nibelungen is a passionate retelling of Nordic legend, invested with all the resources of the colossal Ufa Studios. Scripted by Lang's wife at the time, Thea von Harbou (Metropolis), Siegfried establishes larger-than-life heroic characters who are defined by tests of valor and rigid codes of honor. In order to win the hand of Kriemhild (Margarete Schoen), Siegfried (Paul Richter) must win a bride for her brother, King Gunther (Theodor Loos). Kriemhild's Revenge begins after the death of Siegfried, and weaves the treacherous tale of his widow's ungodly vengeance upon his murderers. The noble qualities of the first film become liabilities in the second, as the blood oaths and vows of loyalty bring about a maelstrom of violence that results in the slaughter of entire armies (Lang would continue to explore the theme of bloodlust and revenge in such films as Fury, The Big Heat and Rancho Notorious, buy never with such ferocity).

This edition of Die Nibelungen is more than 100 minutes longer than any version previously available in the U.S. and restores Lang's masterwork to its full glory.

Cast and Crew:

Kino presents
Rudolf Klein-RoggePaul RichterHans Adalbert SchlettowMargarete SchoenSr. Tyrone PowerJuliet Mills"Die Nibelungen: Siegfried / Kriemhild's Revenge"
Written byThea Von Harboudirected byFritz Lang
Production Year: 1924

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