1924 · drama · fantasy
Die Nibelungen
Directed by Fritz Lang2h 9m1924
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.
Our read: Die Nibelungen (1924) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, inventive drama · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / fantasy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, epic, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- intense
- inventive
- signature
- epic-stakes
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