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Fritz Lang DIE NIBELUNGEN vintage film stills #1107090

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Fritz Lang DIE NIBELUNGEN vintage film stills  #1107090
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Set of three stills from DIE NIBELUNGEN, c. 1927
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Vintage silver prints

8 x 10 inches

Original U.S. release of the film, and printed from the original German glass negative
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DIE NIBELUNGEN (1924) was also shown in two parts, Siegfried and Kriemhild's Revenge (Kriemhild's Rache). In the latter, Fritz Lang focused on the self-destructive effects of launching a vendetta, one of the recurrent themes of his oeuvre. The former is one of the most painterly of his compositions, drenched in the ideology of the German Romantic movement, and the compositional influence of 19th century painter Caspar David Friedrich.
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Lang's adaptation of the 13th-century German saga is a superb example of the craftsmanship at the UFA studios. Paul Richter is Siegfried, married to Margarete Schon: together the two journey from Iceland to Burgundy with Hanna Ralph, who is to be the bride of Theodor Loos. Adventures, magical and otherwise, death and revenge all ensue.
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The stylised sets create a mysterious beauty, especially the misty forest (constructed in a Zeppelin hangar) and the romantic castles. There is also a wonderful dragon that the hero slays early in Part I (Siegfried) and a massively staged battle to end Part II (Kriemhild's Revenge). The characters are deliberately one-dimensional as befits the epic mode.
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The Nibelungen films, along with his next project. Metropolis, were directly affected by Pommer and Lang's trip to the States, a trip which taught them to think big. In ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1920s</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:USA</td></tr>

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<tr><td>Title:Fritz Lang DIE NIBELUNGEN vintage film stills </td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York</td></tr>
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