Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (1924)

Director:

Fritz Lang

Writer:

Thea von Harbou (writer)

Release Date:

1924 (Poland)

Genre:

Drama | Adventure | Fantasy

Plot:

After Siegfried's dead, Kriemhild marries Etzel, the King of the Huns. She gives birth to a child, and invites her brothers for a party...

Plot Keywords:

Attila | King | Hun | Siegfried | Battle

Cast

Margarete Schön	...	Kriemhild
Gertrud Arnold	...	Königin Ute
Theodor Loos	...	König Gunther
Hans Carl Mueller	...	Gernot
Erwin Biswanger	...	Giselher
Bernhard Goetzke	...	Volker von Alzey
Hans Adalbert Schlettow	...	Hagen Tronje
Hardy von Francois	...	Dankwart
Yuri Yurovsky	...	Der Priester (as Georg Jurowski)
Iris Roberts	...	Der Edelknabe
Rudolf Klein-Rogge	...	König Etzel
Georg John	...	Slaodel, sein Bruder
Hubert Heinrich	...	Werbel, der Spielmann
Rudolf Rittner	...	Rüdiger von Bechlarn
Aenne Roettgen	...	Dietlind, seine Tochter

Also Known As:

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Kriemhild's Revenge
Kriemhilds Rache

Runtime:

129 min | Canada:147 min | Germany:144 min (restored integral version) | Germany:97 min

Country:

Germany

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

Germany:o.Al. | Germany:6 (one part version)

Filming Locations:

Berliner Union-Film Studio, Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Decla-Bioscop AG

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Sass (2001)

Second instalment of the epic masterpiece from genius Fritz Lang

Anyone who's seen the first instalment of Die Nibelungen (which should be anyone who's viewing this) will know exactly what to expect. Kriemhild's Revenge is the story of the vengeance for Siegfried's death by his wife, Kriemhild. One again, the genius Fritz Lang dazzles his audience with the larger than life plot and visuals, and the second instalment of the series is an epic in every sense of the word. On a personal note, I've got to say that this pair of films didn't do a great deal for me, other than educate in the history of cinema. The scene staging is fantastic, and the way that Lang makes every event a big thing ensures that the film has a real epic feel. The use of music is one of the film's strongest elements, as Gottfried Huppertz's score bodes well with the rest of the movie. This instalment is less frantic than the first, and that discredits it a little as the film isn't easy viewing anyway; and more scenes such as the one that saw the hero fighting a dragon in the first film wouldn't have gone amiss. But even so, this is a great story directed by a cinematic genius and this film is bound to appeal to people who like classic silent films more than I do.