Die Nibelungen - part II
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache, feature film, Germany, 1924
DIRECTED BY: Fritz Lang
CAST:
Margarete Schön (Kriemhild),
Gertrud Arnold (kraljica Ute),
Theodor Loos (kralj Gunther),
Hans Carl Mueller (Gernot),
Erwin Biswanger (Giselher)
SCRIPT:
Thea von Harbou
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Carl Hoffmann,
Günther Rittau
Synopsis:
After Siegfried’s death, Kriemhild swears to avenge him. From her brother, king Gunthera, she asks for Hagen Tronje’s head, who has murdered her husband. However, Gunther refuses her. Soon, with the aid of an intermediary, Attila, king of the Huns starts to court her. After he promises her to honor her forever and defend her honor, she agrees to marry him, leaves her home country and gives birth to their son. Soon she asks Attila to invite her brothers to visit. Then she asks for Hagen Tronje’s head...
b/w, silent, 131'