Kriemhild's Revenge
opens
with mythical heroine Kriemhild (Margarethe Schoen) vowing to avenge the murder
of her husband Siegfried. Realizing that her brother, King Gunther (Theodor Loos),
is too weak-willed to bring the culprit--her villainous half-brother Hagen Tronje
(Hans Adalbert Von Schlettow)--to justice, Kriemhild plots her own private vengeance.
Later, Kriemhild is obliged to participate in a marriage of state to
King Attilla (Rudolph Klein-Rogge). At the wedding festival, she takes
the Burgundian revellers hostage, promising to free them if they'll kill Hagen
Tronje, who is one of the guests.
Their refusal leads to the film's climactic bloodfest, during which Kriemhild
metes out justice with Siegfried's magic sword.
Upon the birth of their son, she invites Gunther and Hagan to Attilla's court
for a celebration. As Hagan holds the baby in his arms he hears that Huns have
killed
some of his comrades - Burgundians. Hagan then kills the baby boy, and in
the following skirmish Kriemhild kills Hagan with Siegfried's sword. She is then
killed by Hildebrand (Georg August Koch), but is finally at peace.
Margarethe Schoen and Bernhardt
Goetzke
The march to the cathedral of Worms
Brunhild (Hanna Ralph)
Attilla, King of the Huns
(Rudolf Klein-Rogge)
1: The Nibelungen
Die
Nibelungen 2: Kriemhilds Revenge
by Fritz Lang, Germany
1924
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Margarete SCHÖN
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Kriemhild
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Rudolf KLEIN-ROGGE
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Attilla, King of the Huns
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Georg August KOCH
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Hildebrand
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Theodor LOOS
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King Gunther
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Bernhard GOETZKE
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Volker von Alzey
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Hans Von SCHLETTOW
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Hagen Tronje
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Georg JOHN
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Blaodel
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Hanna RALPH
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Brunhild
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Rudolph RITTNER
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Rüdiger von Bechlaren
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Fritz ALBERTI
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Dietrich von Bern
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Hubert HEINRICH
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Werbel
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Grete BERGER
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female Hun
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