Die Nibelungen
Die Nibelungen ("The Nibelungs") is a two-part German series of silent fantasy films created by Austrian director Fritz Lang in 1924, consisting of Die Nibelungen: Siegfried and Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge.
For the 2004 film by Uli Edel, see Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King. For the 1966/1967 film by Harald Reinl, see Die Nibelungen (1966/1967 film). For the operatic cycle, see Der Ring des Nibelungen.Die Nibelungen
Fritz Lang
Thea von Harbou
Paul Richter
Margarete Schön
Hanna Ralph
Bernhard Goetzke
Theodor Loos
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Rudolf Rittner
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Georg August Koch
Georg John
Gertrud Arnold
Hans Carl Müller
Erwin Biswanger
Fritz Alberti
Annie Röttgen
- 14 February 1924 (part 1)
- 26 April 1924 (part 2)
143 minutes (part 1)
145 minutes (part 2)
Weimar Republic
Silent film
German intertitles
The scenarios for both films were co-written by Lang's then-wife Thea von Harbou, based upon the epic poem Nibelungenlied written around AD 1200.[1] Die Nibelungen received its UK premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in London, where it played for 40 performances between 29 April and 20 June 1924.[2] Siegfried was released in the United States on 23 August 1925, premiering at the Century Theatre in New York City in the short-lived Phonofilm sound-on-film process. Kriemhild's Revenge was released in the U.S. in 1928.