Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)

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. She tries to persuade Etzel and the other Huns, that... See full summary »

Director:

Fritz Lang

Writer:

Thea von Harbou

Stars:

Margarete Schön, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Margarete Schön	...	Kriemhild
Gertrud Arnold	...	Queen Ute
Theodor Loos	...	King Gunther
Hans Carl Mueller	...	Gernot
Erwin Biswanger	...	Giselher
Bernhard Goetzke	...	Person from Alzey
Hans Adalbert Schlettow	...	Hagen Tronje
Hardy von Francois	...	Dankwart
Yuri Yurovsky	...	The Priest (as Georg Jurowski)
Iris Roberts	...	The precious boy
Rudolf Klein-Rogge	...	King Etzel
Georg John	...	Slaodel, his brother
Hubert Heinrich	...	Werbel, the play man
Rudolf Rittner	...	Rüdiger von Bechlarn
Annie Röttgen	...	Dietlind, his daughter

Storyline

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. She tries to persuade Etzel and the other Huns, that they kill Hagen, the murderer of Siegfried, but he is protected by her brothers. A fierce battle begins to force her brothers to give Hagen to her.

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Plot Keywords:

murder of a child | woman murders a man | murderess | attila | king | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Germany

Release Date:

26 April 1924 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

Filming Locations:

Berliner Union-Film, Oberlandstraße 26-35, Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Decla-Bioscop AG,Universum Film (UFA)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min 144 min (restored integral)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Attila's castle was built life-size. The fire was started by Fritz Lang himself by shooting an arrow, tipped with burning magnesium, onto the roof.

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Goofs

When Kriemhild holds her baby by the fire and Attila rushes in, the angle she holds the baby changes in one shot.

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Connections

Featured in Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen (2014)

User Reviews

a breathtaking silent film

I saw this film last night at a special movie theater showing in Nürnberg, and it was superb. I do have to admit that the original music composition of the cello player and percussion/xylophone player influenced the mood of the film, but the film itself also had force in its portrayal of the tragic Nibelungen saga.

If you are interested in silent films or in the Nibelungenlied, I highly recommend this film. The costumes were fantastic and creative, the sets were opulent and exotic, and the acting was dramatic and breathtaking (as is typical of silent film "tragedies") Unfortunately, I have not seen the first part of this film duo that concerns Siegfried. The story of this second film begins after Siegfried's death, when Kremhild (Gudrun in the Norse versions of the story) begins to plan her revenge against her brothers.

Also, I watched this film in German; I am a native English speaker and have a basic German knowledge. It was difficult to read the ?subtitles (what do you call that in silent films?) at first because of the old style German script, so I advise that if you watch it in German that you make sure you can differentiate your "k's", "f's", and "s's" in the old script. :)