Siegfried: How Siegfried slayed the dragon

[westgoten]

Fritz Lang used to be an adventurer, then he took an arrow in the camera.

FUZZ DO RAH!

[voltape]

The society for the protection of pets should sue Wagner. This cute dragon has a fiendly look, reminds my dog. Not to cruelty against poor dragons!

[Ampelfreund]

I waitched yesterday in TV all 2 parts of Nibelungen Uncut and restore version

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

While I wonder of Monsieur Lang would have been able to make such an epic version as a dialogue film instead of a silent movie; and can’t help to think of a version of the Nibelungs made like a combination of Lord of the Rings and Peter Brook’s Mahabharata; and they should have depicted Attila and his Huns more closely to the saga, which shows the scourge of God as a wise and mighty king (modelled after the medieval Hungarian kings), being caught in the cunning scheming of Kriemhild.

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

And I dislike some of the actors: Hagen should be more the grey-haired heroic warrior of the saga and not the sly weaklings as he is shown here; Siegfried is alright with me, but that is only because I don’t fancy this hero that much; Kriemhild is well chosen and so is Brunhild, the bard Volker is of course my favourite character of the saga and here he is at least acceptable; but King Gunther is misplaced; and that Hagen’s brother Dankwart is missing is not to be endured!

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

Well. I suppose that it is always hard to have a movie based on a great epic and so I should not be too stern with poor Monsieur Lang! Though the movie is a masterwork with solemn music, amazing acting, a very impressive scenery and brilliant filming; but then again: This is the Song of the Nibelungs and like all attempts to made a movie based on the Iliad are bound to fail; so Monsieur Lang should have just chosen a part of the epic like the Greek tragedians did with Homer.

[CastleIvanhoe]

All you defenders of the dragon...Such wimps. Don't forget that the dragon called out to Siegfried first....The dragon challenged him...

Besides...What is important is that because he is King Siegfried, dragons must be slayed.  And Siegfried shows us that when dragons are slayed, we gain more power. It is all metaphorical....and beautifully done.

[Hellzyead]

Siegfried was a fruity piece of goddamn dogshit though for killing the dragon...

[Hellzyead]

The German tale of Siegfried is going to be in Quentin Tarantino's new film "Django Unchained"

[InvaderJem]

Siegfried fights like a girl and picks on poor, defenceless dragons.

[godzilloid]

for the time, the dragon looks pretty good.

[raticida123456]

and thsi music??? ho is?? please im amazed

[AleXX1995XX]

@raticida123456 this is the original music !

very great score

[raticida123456]

hehe beautyful movie

[HenryvKeiper]

You know, you gotta admit...even though you look at it and know it's just a giant puppet...it has a presence. That's something I kinda wish they still did these days. Most CG monsters look like CG monsters separated from the actors, whereas when that dragon comes on screen it has a presence with the world around it.

Plus, for the 1920's, that was pretty darn good! Heck, it would still be pretty good well into the 70's, I'd think. It reminds me of some of Terry Gilliam's special effects.

[8lindf1ght]

@HenryvKeiper I agree, the effects for this old film are quite impressive, even better than most of the movies that hollywood was producing at the time.

[mercatorize]

I wonder what GAIA and Green Peace would say of this !

[CaronArnaud]

DUDE! That's a 20m puppet!

[KnusperhexeRosmer]

This dragon moves damn good! I wish, I could watch the dubbed version of this movie, but it is lost:-(

[Quy]

That dragon looks very cute, while siegfrid seems to be a wild barbarian full of violence... oh i like that dragon so much! unfortunately, dragons do not live (anymore ;) )...

[stevewarrior1]

They never did live.

[Fragile0Still]

Early example of fantastic puppetry in cinema. The best example of puppet work in film is The FLy, but man, this is 60 years before, and it is extrememly successful.

[Philly696]

i want this dragon ,he is cute

[petrof4056]

music come from Wagner?

[sisesvint]

I don't think it's from Wagner. I don't recognise it. It certainly isn't from the opera Siegfried.

[KnusperhexeRosmer]

No, it was composed just for this movie. It was lost and found in the eighties at the ceiling of a cinema.

[Sieglinde84]

Agreed. Fafner fangirl here! :D

Besides, I don't like blonde german heroes who think they are Gods.

[sisesvint]

What about Blonde American or English heroes who think they are gods and invade Iraq? Do you like them?

[Sieglinde84]

Hate them too.

[inreanre]

The Lindworm is seen as a symbol for Varus and the three legions of Augustus, which invaded Germania. Siegfried can be interpreted as Arminius.

[CapitanoGUC]

in those days - the enviermentalists would give this Sigfried big trouble. ...:)

[BerserkJheova]

POOR DRAGOON! VICTORY!

[mrnack]

hellz yeah, dis ma shit.

[Philly696]

this dragon is so cute

[GPhoenixMan]

He sure was. Poor dragon! He was just drinking water and minding his own business.

[cobolsaurus]

this dragon was operated like for four people.

[band3kafsh]

slew

[naudibuscaimagen]

danke!!! fritz

[naudibuscaimagen]

danke!!! fritz

[ww2fan39]

Cool.