Die Nibelungen
By: Regie, Fritz Lang ; Manuskript, Thea con Harbou ; [Producent, Erich Pommer] ; Decla-Bioscop-Film der UFA
Contributors: Rittau, Günther, director of photography; Schoen, Margarete, 1895-1985, actor; Loos, Theodor, 1883-1954, actor; Richter, Paul, 1895-1961, actor; Huppertz, Gottfried, 1887-1937, composer (expression); Decla-Bioscop (Firm); UFA (Firm); Kino Classics (Firm); Kino Lorber, Inc
Edition: Special ed.
Publisher: Kino Lorber
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Drama; Kriemhild (Legendary character); Revenge; Siegfried (Legendary character)
Other titles: Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen; Fritz Lang's monumental epic :; Nibelungenlied.; Nibelungen : Siegfried (Motion picture : 1924); Nibelungen : Kriemhilds Rache (Motion picture : 1924)
Description: Siegfried establishes larger-than-life heroic characters who are defined by tests of valor and rigid codes of honor. In order to win the hand of Kriemhild, Siegfried must win a bride for her brother, King Gunther. Kriemhild's Revenge begins after the death of Siegfried, and weaves the treacherous tale of his widow's ungodly vengeance upon his murderers. The noble qualities of the first film become liabilities in the second, as the blood oaths and vows of loyalty bring about a maelstrom of violence that results in the slaughter of entire armies.
Notes: Originally released as motion pictures in 1924 and 1925.

Based on the epic poem Die Nibelungenlied.

"This photochemical restoration is derived from incomplete camera negatives. Missing parts were supplemented with various dupe negatives and surviving distribution prints."

"Kino Classics"--Container.

Bonus features: "The legacy of Die Nibelungen"; newsreel footage of Fritz Lang on the set; essay by film scholar Jan-Christopher Horak.

Photography, Carl Hoffman, Gunther Rittau ; music, Gottfried Huppertz.

Margarete Schön, Theodor Loos, Paul Richter, Gertrud Arnold, Hannah Ralph, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Rudolf Klein-Rogge.

Not rated.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital 5.1 or 2.0; remastered.

Silent movie with German intertitles; optional English subtitles.
Table of contents: title: Disc 1. Siegfried (1924, 149 min.); title: Disc 2. Kriemhilds Rache = Kriemhild's revenge (1925, 131 min.).