Overview
A tale of vengeance and betrayal unfolds as a widow seeks justice for her fallen husband.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- tragic
- solemn
- mythic
- classic cinema night
- silent film screening
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as a visually monumental and influential silent epic whose mythic drama is matched by Fritz Lang's formal command.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Kriemhild uses her marriage, childbirth, and feast invitation to pursue Hagen for Siegfried's death.
The film's legendary courts, imposing architecture, and carefully staged tableaux create a grand expressionist spectacle.
The story draws on Germanic and Nordic mythology, Burgundian tradition, Attila, and the Huns.
Kriemhild invites her brothers to a feast in order to pressure the Huns into surrendering Hagen.
Films like Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, and why
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
shared silent-era spectacle, mythic storytelling, monumental production design, and tragic drama
Metropolis
shared German expressionist visual design, folkloric fantasy, theatrical mise-en-scène, and fatalistic drama
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
shared epic historical fantasy, legendary figures, stylized violence, and tragic revenge themes
The Thief of Bagdad
shared silent cinema formal grandeur, period spectacle, morally severe conflict, and elaborate set design
Movie Details
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Release Date
- 1924-04-26
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 (126)
Cast
- Margarete Schön
- Gertrud Arnold
- Theodor Loos
- Hans Carl Mueller
- Erwin Biswanger
- Bernhard Goetzke
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow
- Hardy von Francois
- Yuri Yurovsky
- Iris Roberts
Common questions
- What is Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge about?
- A monumental silent epic transforms Kriemhild’s grief over Siegfried into a devastating campaign of revenge against Hagen and her own family.
- What is Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge as graphic.
- What did critics think of Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge?
- Critics broadly regard the film as a visually monumental and influential silent epic whose mythic drama is matched by Fritz Lang's formal command.
- Which films are like Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge?
- Films with a similar feel include Die Nibelungen: Siegfried, Metropolis, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, and The Thief of Bagdad.
- How long is Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge?
- Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge runs 129 minutes.
