Die Nibelungen
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- DVD Release Date: 11/19/2002
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Features
Footage of Fritz Lang on the set; Production design and special effects sketches by Erich Ketttelhut (intercut with scenes from the films); Comparison of the dragon-slaying scenes from Siegfried and hte Thief of Bagdad (1924); Original 1924 scre by Gottfried Huppertz, performed by the Munich Radio Orchestra; Essay by film scholar Jan-Christopher Horak; Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer editions; New and improved english title translation by Ingrid Scheib Rothbart; Photo gallery, including rare behind-the-scenes images
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Side #1 -- Part One
1. Opening Titles [6:42]
2. Tale of a Castle [8:22]
3. A Dragon's Blood [7:59]
4. The Bard's Song [2:25]
5. The Wonder Cap [3:27]
6. The Aibelungen Treasure [6:28]
7. Siegfried's Arrival [4:26]
8. Kriemhild Dream [2:10]
9. Plans of Marriage [7:25]
10. Brunhild's Fate [8:02]
11. Battle for the Bride [4:16]
12. The Secret Weapon [3:12]
13. Welcoming the Bride [6:27]
14. A Double Wedding [3:30]
15. Breaking Brunhild [7:56]
16. A Dangerous Trophy [6:09]
17. Brunhild's Discontent [8:27]
18. Kill Siegfried! [5:29]
19. A Weakness Revealed [6:16]
20. Preparing for the Hunt [5:04]
21. Hunter and Prey [9:49]
22. Siegfried's Homecoming [7:23]
23. An Appeal for Justice [5:06]
24. The Death Kinell [5:26]
Side #2 -- Part Two
1. Opening Titles [7:33]
2. Kriemhild's New Suitor [5:00]
3. A Proposal of Sorrs [7:09]
4. A Wido's Bow w [5:26]
5. Kriemhild Departs [6:30]
6. The Lair of Arrila [10:35]
7. Lying in Wait [6:33]
8. The Child [4:41]
9. Kriemhild One Wish [7:12]
10. Bound Together [4:35]
11. Arrila's Hospitality [6:39]
12. A Bounty Is Offered [6:36]
13. The Feast [6:18]
14. Heir to the Crown [5:31]
15. Declaration of War [6:48]
16. The Slaugher Begins [8:20]
17. Blood Cries for Blood [4:51]
18. Ruediger's Math [6:08]
19. An Math Fulfilled [9:15]
20. Rain of Fire [15:25]
21. Last Man Standing [7:07]
Editorial Reviews
The second portion of German director Fritz Lang's two-part silent epic Die Nibelungen (part one was 1924's Siegfried), Kriemhild's Revenge opens with mythical heroine Kriemhild (Margarethe Schoen) vowing to avenge the murder of her husband Siegfried. Realizing that her brother, King Gunther (Theodor Loos), is too weak-willed to bring the culprit--her villainous half-brother Hagen Tronje (Hans Adalbert Von Schlettow)--to justice, Kriemhild plots her own private vengeance. Later, Kriemhild is obliged to participate in a "marriage of state" to Burgundian King Etzel (Rudolph Klein-Rogge, who later played Rottwang in Lang's Metropolis). At the wedding festival, she takes the Burgundian revellers hostage, promising to free them if they'll kill Hagen Tronje, who is one of the guests. Their refusal leads to the film's climactic bloodfest, during which Kriemhild metes out justice with Siegfried's magic sword. An astonishingly elaborate and expensive effort (much more so than any American film of 1924), Kriemhild's Revenge is admittedly rough sledding until its lively finale, especially when shown in its original 140 minute length (cartoon director Chuck Jones managed to compact the same basic story into his 6-minute masterpiece What's Opera, Doc?) Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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