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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

UFA

  • 14 February 1924 (1924-02-14) (part 1)
  • 26 April 1924 (1924-04-26) (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.

as King Siegfried of Xanten

Paul Richter

as Kriemhild of Burgund

Margarete Schön

as Hagen of Tronje

Hans Adalbert Schlettow

as King Gunther of Burgund

Theodor Loos

as King Etzel

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

as Volker of Alzey

Bernhard Goetzke

as Margrave Rüdiger of Bechlarn

Rudolf Rittner

as Mime the Goldsmith / Alberich the Dwarf / Blaodel (Etzel's brother)

Georg John

Gertrud Arnold as Queen Ute of Burgund, Gunther's mother

Hans Carl Müller as , Gunther's brother

Gerenot of Burgund

Erwin Biswanger as , Gunther's brother

Giselher of Burgund

as Dietrich of Bern

Fritz Alberti

Georg August Koch as , Dietrich's aide

Hildebrandt

Annie Röttgen as Dietlind of Bechlarn

as the Runenmagd, wench at the Burgund court

Frida Richard

Georg Jurowski as the priest at the Burgund court

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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

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Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache