Ring of the Nibelungs "Götterdämmerung"

I begin the scene at Siegfried's dying breath, moments earlier he was slain by Hagen as he drank from a stream. Hagen through trickery learned that a vulnerable area existed on Siegfried's back & this is where he stuck with a spear as he snuck up from behind.. Princess Kriemhilde knows that her brother King Gunther had something to do with this treachery as Siegfried's dead body is marched back into the castle from the "hunt" where he was slain.. Kriemhilde sickened by the greed removes the ring from Siegfried's dead fingers & throws it at her brother.. This causes a clash between King Gunther & Warlord Hagen..
King Gunther is slain & Hagen claims the ring for himself, offering gold from the treasure hoarde to any who fight by his side.. He is joined promptly by Sir Dankwert.. Valkyrie Brunnhilde, Queen of Iceland enters to confront Hagen.. Knowing now the full story as told by Kriemheld to her earlier that day, she knows Hagen was behind the trickery that caused Siegfried to forget his love for her.. Knowing that Hagen murdered whom she was fated to marry.. Sets off in an unstoppable rage in which she battles & slays Dankwert & then violently assails Hagen, then beheads him..
The funeral scene of Siegfried follows as he is placed atop a longboat with his treasure & set adrift & aflame.. Brunnhilde bursts forth from the flames & disembowels herself in the flames as the waters of the Rhine consume their bodies & the treasure hoarde which becomes the Rhinegold..

I editted this clip by adding Gotterdammerung (Siegfried's Death & Funeral Music) by Richard Wagner.. It actually works out quite well in this clip, check it out!

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• gunther
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• odin
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• german
• legend
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[Russian220088]

This movie is a copy of the lord of the rings or the lor of the rings copied this!

[Azurean88]

Heh "Lord of the Rings" was invented circa the 20th century by JRR Tolkien.. LOTR was a revisionist bastardization of the original upper high Germanic "Nibelungenlied" circa 1st Century A.D. based upon Germanic legends rooting from around 400 A.D. This movie is based upon the "Nibelungenlied" which is the original middle earth legend that 95% OF people are not aware of. Naturally since Peter Jacksons' adaptation of Tolkiens' Trilogy rocketted THAT particular modern version to the forefront.

[Azurean88]

In addition i forgot to mention, German composed Richard Wagner used the pure form of the legends to create the Operatic "Ring Cycle" which is the longest opera in the world, 14 hours & 4 parts.. this Opera was performed way before Tolkeins birth in fact..

[bb1111116]

The Ring in Tolkien's mythology 1st appears in "The Hobbit".

That Ring makes the wearer invisible and can lead to corruption. Where did this idea come from? Plato. In book 2 of the Republic, "The Ring of Gyges", there is a ring that allows its owner to become invisible.

Try wikipedia-Ring of Gyges

Tolkien used this idea but the German myths could also be based on it. The Nibelungenlied, Wagner and Tolkien were extending a mythical tradition. Tolkien used many myths. Nothing wrong with that.

[Chaloupe89]

My god its so ridiculous. A shame to the Wagner memory.

[vladimirMxD]

what is name of song at the beggining of film??

[KillerGirlLucy]

@DStolz8 Riding on the Rocks, it's beautiful isn't it?

[Dyrri94]

@cherrysweetable

That's your opnion. I personally hated Lord of the Rings.

[Purplecatsoup30]

To change the topic, if I may: I think Adolf Hitler would have got a boner from watching this...hot aryan chicks that kill......

[torstvillinger]

Sir(s): If I may, at this Date and Time, state here and here tell how it is so Very Good to Seek After that Sacred Ring, whether It is a Bond which is One Physical Only or from that One Spiritual Only. --Attributed, JAMES HOWARD DAY (JR.), "J. D.," SATX 78202 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (U. S. A.) "No Shame Intended"

[DStolz8]

Wie heist denn das Lied am Ende?

What´s the Name from the song at the end?

[picardkid]

@peacecanhappen27 I think Tolkien once compared his work with Wagner's. He said the only similarities are that there is a Ring, and it is round. The Lord of the Rings was one of the last parts of his Legendarium to be thought out. He started with the Hobbit and the Silmarillion and all that, then decided to flesh out the Hobbit, and made the trilogy we all know and love.

[longhorn44jc]

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