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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

  • 19241924
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  • 1h 40m
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8.1/10
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
AdventureDramaFantasy
Bold, fearless Siegfried travels to King Gunther's castle. On the way he kills a dragon, and an evil dwarf king, thus gaining a treasure and a magic helmet of invisibility and illusion. In r... Read allBold, fearless Siegfried travels to King Gunther's castle. On the way he kills a dragon, and an evil dwarf king, thus gaining a treasure and a magic helmet of invisibility and illusion. In return for permission to marry Gunther's sister Kriemhild, Siegfried agrees to use the helm... Read allBold, fearless Siegfried travels to King Gunther's castle. On the way he kills a dragon, and an evil dwarf king, thus gaining a treasure and a magic helmet of invisibility and illusion. In return for permission to marry Gunther's sister Kriemhild, Siegfried agrees to use the helmet to help the weak Gunther win the fierce warrior queen Brunhild by trickery. The two cou... Read all
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  • Director
    • Fritz Lang
  • Writers
    • Fritz Lang
    • Thea von Harbou
  • Stars
    • Paul Richter
    • Margarete Schön
    • Theodor Loos
  • Director
    • Fritz Lang
  • Writers
    • Fritz Lang
    • Thea von Harbou
  • Stars
    • Paul Richter
    • Margarete Schön
    • Theodor Loos
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    • 39User reviews
    • 49Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Margarete Schön in Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
    Gertrud Arnold in Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
    Paul Richter and Margarete Schön in Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
    Hanna Ralph, Paul Richter, and Margarete Schön in Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
    Paul Richter in Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
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    Paul Richter and Margarete Schön in Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
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    Paul Richter and Margarete Schön in Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
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    Hanna Ralph in Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
    Paul Richter in Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)

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    Paul Richter
    Paul Richter
    • Siegfried
    Margarete Schön
    Margarete Schön
    • Kriemhild
    Theodor Loos
    Theodor Loos
    • King Gunther
    Gertrud Arnold
    Gertrud Arnold
    • Queen Ute
    Hanna Ralph
    Hanna Ralph
    • Brunhild
    Hans Carl Mueller
    • Gernot
    Erwin Biswanger
    • Giselher
    Bernhard Goetzke
    Bernhard Goetzke
    • Person from Alzey
    Hans Adalbert Schlettow
    Hans Adalbert Schlettow
    • Hagen Tronje
    Hardy von Francois
    • Dankwart
    Georg John
    Georg John
    • Mime the Blacksmith…
    Frida Richard
    • The Runes Maid
    Yuri Yurovsky
    • The Priest
    • (as Georg Jurowski)
    Iris Roberts
    • The Precious Boy
    Fritz Alberti
    • Dietrich von Bern
    Grete Berger
    Grete Berger
    • The Hun's Woman
    Hubert Heinrich
    • Werbel
    Rudolf Klein-Rogge
    Rudolf Klein-Rogge
    • King Etzel
    • Director
      • Fritz Lang
    • Writers
      • Fritz Lang
      • Thea von Harbou
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    • Trivia
      The dragon in the film is not a miniature. It is a full-scale puppet 60 feet long.
    • Goofs
      The tip of the spear Siegfied is killed with exits through the chest. Since Siegfried is invulnerable except at the entry point this should not be possible. The same impossible chest wound is shown later to be the one bleeding when the murderer enters the room.
    • Crazy credits
      Karl Vollbrecht receives a credit as "Erbauer des Drachens" -- 'dragon builder'.
    • Alternate versions
      A 2012 restoration project completed by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung has been released by Kino Lorber on both DVD and Blu-ray formats. Both "Die Nibelungen: Siegfried" (1924) and "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge" (1925) are included. The film's running times differ from other versions at 149 minutes and 131 minutes, respectively. This can be attributed to the fact that the restoration utilized some footage from different takes of scenes and slight adjustments were made to the 'frames-per-second' rate perhaps to present a more realistic flow of the action.
    • Connections
      Edited into Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands (2004)

    User reviews39

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    Superb fantasy
    I saw this on the big screen with live organ accompaniment (from the original film score) last night and I'm glad I did. Most people don't know Fritz Lang for anything before *Metropolis*, but this is a film which, to my mind, matches the best of what he has done. It's incredible to see what they were able to do with the wild set design. The score was suitably intense at moments. And the story was a pretty touching one about the fall of Siegfried.

    The scenes I was amazed by in particular are: the dragon-slaying sequence (which, at first, elicited laughs because of the obvious artificiality of the creature but then got sounds of pity as he lay slain with blood shooting from his torso); Kriemhild's dream sequence, which has to be the earliest example of animation I've seen (the animation and accompanying music are pretty dark and disturbed--they gave me the creeps); and the approach to Brunhilde (with an incredible sea of fire). What I've come away with is even more of an appreciation for what filmmakers were capable of in the silent period. It seems clear after a film like *Siegfried* that silent film was not an infant technology waiting for sound but was an artform of its own.

    All in all, I'd say this is a must-see. It's clearly not just preparation for the "great" films of Lang to come (like *Metropolis* and *M*), but is on par with any of the best of his stuff. This and *Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler*, both Lang films which are rarely screened, should be caught if at all possible.
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    • May 11, 2000

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    • Release date
      • October 6, 1924 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Die Nibelungen
    • Filming locations
      • Berliner Union-Film, Oberlandstraße 26-35, Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Decla-Bioscop AG
      • Universum Film (UFA)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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