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Fritz Lang (writer)
Thea von Harbou (writer)
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1924 (Poland) more
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Siegfried, son of King Sigmund, hears of the beautiful sister of Gunter, King of Worms, Kriemhild. On his way to Worms... more | add synopsis
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Gertrud Arnold | ... | Koenigin Ute | |
| Margarete Schön | ... | Kriemhild | |
| Hanna Ralph | ... | Brunhild | |
| Paul Richter | ... | Siegfried | |
| Theodor Loos | ... | Koenig Gunther | |
| Hans Carl Mueller | ... | Gernot | |
| Erwin Biswanger | ... | Giselher | |
| Bernhard Goetzke | ... | Volker von Alzey | |
| Hans Adalbert Schlettow | ... | Hagen Tronje | |
| Hardy von Francois | ... | Dankwart | |
| Georg John | ... | Mime, der Schmied / Alberich, der Nibelung | |
| Frida Richard | ... | Die Runenmagd | |
| Yuri Yurovsky | ... | Der Priester (as Georg Jurowski) | |
| Iris Roberts | ... | Der Edelknabe | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Fritz Alberti | ... | Dietrich von Bern | |
| Grete Berger | ... | Hunnenweib | |
| Hubert Heinrich | ... | Werbel | |
| Rudolf Klein-Rogge | ... | Koenig Etzel | |
| Georg August Koch | ... | Hildebrand | |
| Rudolf Rittner | ... | Ruediger von Bechlarn | |
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfrieds Tod (Germany)
Siegfried
Siegfried's Death
Siegfrieds Tod (Germany)
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Canada:140 min | Germany:143 min (restored integral version) | Germany:97 min | USA:100 min
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The dragon in the film is not a miniature. It is a full-scale puppet 60 feet long. more
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Referenced in Ti piace Hitchcock? (2005) (TV) more
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This film depicts the epic story of the rise and fall of the great German hero, Siegfried. It follows the classic pattern of the young hero who overcomes one challenge after another, only to be defeated in the end through his own weakness. Siegfried's early adventure, where he fights and slays the dragon, is masterfully filmed, with a special-effects monster that is amazingly sophisticated for its era. Further tests of his valour and cunning are required before he can marry the Burgundian princess, Kriemhilde; chief among these are assisting his future brother-in-law, Gunther, the King of Burgundy, to win the hand of the Amazon queen, Brunhild. Aided by a cloak of invisibility, Siegfried fixes the contests between Gunther and Brunhild to defeat the imperious queen and delivers her unwillingly to Gunther. This service ultimately leads to his downfall, however, as he eventually confides in Kriemhilde his duplicity and she betrays his secret to the outraged Brunhild, who then seeks his death. Despite being made in the midst of the Expressionist era of filmmaking in Germany, this movie is largely naturalistic in its sets and acting. The Burgundian court, as befits its artificial and ceremonious atmosphere, is depicted through angular and stiff sets and costumes, somewhat reminiscent of the expressionist style, but there are not the disturbing distortions seen in such classic films as "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari".