Die Nibelungen, Part 2: Kriemhild's Revenge
Eight by Fritz Lang • 2h 11m
Fritz Lang • Germany • 1924
In the long-underrated second half of Die Nibelungen, Siegfried’s death causes fantasy to devolve into nightmare, as his beloved Kriemhild enacts a vengeance that contaminates everyone in its path—a vengeance as ferocious and uncompromising as anything the cinema has ever depicted. One of the greatest artistic and technical achievements of German silent cinema, Die Nibelungen is a passionate retelling of Nordic legend.
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