Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

(1924)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 124 votes

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Year: 1924

Runtime: 129 мин

Country: Germany

Director: Fritz Lang

Cast: Margarete Schön, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos, Hans Carl Mueller, Erwin Biswanger, Bernhard Goetzke, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Hardy von Francois, Yuri Yurovsky, Iris Roberts

Plot

When Kriemhild, thirsty for revenge, marries to Etzel, king of the Huns, she invites King Gunther and his court to visit them, intending to finally take the life of the man responsible of her disgrace.

After Siegfried's death Kriemhild marries Etzel (Atilla), the King of the Huns. She gives birth to a child, and invites her brothers for a feast. She tries to persuade Etzel and the other Huns, to kill Hagen, the murderer of Siegfried, but he is protected by her brothers. A fierce battle begins to force her brothers to give Hagen to her.