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"Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache" is a 131-minute movie (in the version I saw) and it came out in 1924, over 90 years ago. Writer is Thea von Harbou, director is Fritz Lang, the same duo that made the legendary "Metropolis" 3 years later. Their work here is again a black-and-white (gold-and-white actually) silent film that is fairly known and among the better known movies from the 1920s too. It is the second installment of the Nibelungen saga after the focus on Siegfried in the first. And as with Reinl's work from the 1960s, I must say I always find the Siegfried part more interesting. One reason are the dragon fights sequences. However, this is not a failure we have here. The battle scenes are decent, costumes and set decorations are pretty nice too. It's just for me very personally that I cannot really develop any interest Kriemhild's revenge story. Overacting, as usual in those silent films, is sometimes present too, but it's bearable in here. Intertitles could have been a bit more for my taste to better understand the story in detail, but at least it's not hardly any like in other works from that time. Cast is fine mostly, Rudolf Klein-Rogge is probably the most known member. All in all, due to my personal preferences, I did not really enjoy the watch. Also too long in my opinion, maybe 90-100 minutes would have been more appropriate. Not recommended
score 4/10
Horst_In_Translation 23 December 2015
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