Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
1924 · Silent film · 19 min · dir. Fritz Lang
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
Synopsis
Bold, fearless Siegfried travels to King Gunther's castle. On the way he kills a dragon, and an evil dwarf king, thus gaining a treasure and a magic helmet of invisibility and illusion. In return for permission to marry Gunther's sister Kriemhild, Siegfried agrees to use the helmet to help the weak Gunther win the fierce warrior queen Brunhild by trickery. The two couples are married, but when the furious Brunhild discovers the deception she compels Gunther and his evil vassal Hagen into a conspiracy to murder Siegfried. Kriemhild vows revenge.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Writer
- Thea von Harbou
- Composer
- Gottfried Huppertz
- Cinematography
- Carl Hoffmann
- Studio
- UFA, Decla-Bioscop
- Released
- 1924-02-14
- Series
- Die Nibelungen Collection
- Running time
- 19 minutes
- Language
- German
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
- Internet Archive item
- silent-die-nibelungen-siegfried
Cast & crew
Fritz Lang Director
Gertrud Arnold
Margarete Schön
Hanna Ralph
Paul Richter
Theodor Loos- Hans Carl Mueller
- Erwin Biswanger
Bernhard Goetzke
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Fritz Lang · billbarstad · 2026-02-07
This depicts a potion of the Germanic legend of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer, Brilliant cinematography coupled with remarkable sets, it's worth a watch.
Cool. · Junrkk12 · 2026-02-08
I went to check out the movie on Internet Archive, and I noticed two other people came today too lol What are the odds— Anyway! It's really interesting. I’d watch it again.