| Summary: | One of the greatest artistic and technical achievements of the German silent cinema, Fritz Lang's monumental "Die Nibelungen" is a passionate retelling of Nordic legend, invested with all the resources of the colossal Ufa Studios. Scripted by Lang's wife at the time, Thea von Harbou ("Metropolis"), Siegfried establishes larger-than-life heroic characters who are defined by tests of valor a rigid codes of honor. Siegfried, son of King Sigmund, hears of the beautiful sister of Gunter, King of Worms, Kriemhild. On his way to Worms, he kills a dragon and finds a treasure, the Hort. He helps Gunther to win Krimhild, a mask that makes him invisible proves to be very useful. But because Brunhild is cursing Kriemhild, she tells her what really happened. Now Brunhild wants Siegfried's head. Is Gunther going to do her that favor?
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