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Die Nibelungen / Transit Films ; Friedrich-Wilhem-Murnau-Stiftung ; Decla-Bioscop / UFA Productions ; screenplay, Thea von Harbou ; directed by Fritz Lang.
LIBRA DVD 012 763 disc 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures, German.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Silent films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (143 min. ; 148 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2002]
- Language Note:
- Silent film with English intertitles.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- In part one, Siegfried wins the hand of Kriemhilde by slaying the dragon and defeating Brunhilde. When Brunhilde learns that magic has been used to conquer her, she has Siegfried murdered. In part two, Kriemhilde seeks revenge for Siegfried's death and marries Attila, king of the Huns, in order to further her purpose.
- Contents:
- Disc 1. Siegfried
- disc 2. Kriemhild's revenge.
- Participant:
- Paul Richter, Margarete Schoen, Hannah Ralph, Theodor Lods.
- Credits:
- Photography, Carl Hoffman, Guenther Rittau ; original 1924 score, Gottfried Huppertz.
- Notes:
- Based on the 12th century epic poem Die Nibelungenlied.
- Originally produced in Germany as a 2-part silent motion picture in 1924.
- Includes essay by Jan-Christopher Horak, footage of Fritz Lang on the set and scene selection.
- OCLC:
- 51231514
- Publisher Number:
- 738329026523
- K265 Kino on Video
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