Die Nibelungen

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Call Number: DVD Silent-Film Nibelungen
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Originally released as motion pictures in 1924 and 1925.
Based on the epic poem Die Nibelungenlied.
"This photochemical restoration is derived from incomplete camera negatives. Missing parts were supplemented with various dupe negatives and surviving distribution prints."
"Kino Classics"--Container.
Bonus features: "The legacy of Die Nibelungen"; newsreel footage of Fritz Lang on the set; essay by film scholar Jan-Christopher Horak.
Disc 1. Siegfried (1924, 149 min.) -- Disc 2. Kriemhilds Rache = Kriemhild's revenge (1925, 131 min.).
Margarete Schön, Theodor Loos, Paul Richter, Gertrud Arnold, Hannah Ralph, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Rudolf Klein-Rogge.
Siegfried establishes larger-than-life heroic characters who are defined by tests of valor and rigid codes of honor. In order to win the hand of Kriemhild, Siegfried must win a bride for her brother, King Gunther. Kriemhild's Revenge begins after the death of Siegfried, and weaves the treacherous tale of his widow's ungodly vengeance upon his murderers. The noble qualities of the first film become liabilities in the second, as the blood oaths and vows of loyalty bring about a maelstrom of violence that results in the slaughter of entire armies.
DVD; NTSC, region 1; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital 5.1 or 2.0; remastered.

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