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1924 (Poland)
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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...
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(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 |
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| 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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Canada:140 min | Germany:143 min (restored integral version) | Germany:97 min | USA:100 min
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In 1925, a music score was recorded using the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process but this soundtrack version was presented only at the Century Theater in New York City.
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For those of you who don't know about it, "The Nibelungenlied" is to German literature what "Beowulf" is to English literature. The story of Siegfried, a warrior who must help a prince win a princess, was made into an ultra-cool movie by Fritz Lang. Most people might imagine 1920's cinema as primitive by today's standards, but this was a very good technical production. Whether it's Siegfried (Paul Richter) slaying a dragon, or becoming invisible to help the prince win a contest, every part of the movie has something neat.
A strange irony to this movie was what it almost did for Fritz Lang. Adolf Hitler loved the movie and used "The Nibelungenlied" to represent a "strong Germany". Joseph Goebbels asked Fritz Lang if he would like to make propaganda films for the Nazis. Fritz Lang said that he would think about it and quickly fled the country (in the United States, he continued turning out famous movies). Lang's wife, Thea Von Harbou, stayed in Germany and worked for the Nazi propaganda machine.
No matter. It's a great movie.