Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)

• Year: 2004
• Released: 23 Dec 2005
• Country: Germany, United Kingdom, South Africa, Italy
• Adwords: 1 nomination
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387541/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ring_of_the_nibelungs
• Metacritics:
• Available in: 480p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
• Runtime: 184 min
• Writer: Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, Uli Edel
• Director: Uli Edel
• Cast: Benno Fürmann, Kristanna Loken, Alicia Witt
• Keywords: jealousy, blacksmith, treasure, new love, sword, legend,

	6.6/10
	63% – Critics
	63% – Audience

Ring of the Nibelungs Storyline

Blacksmith Siegfried meets the Queen of Island Brunhild in the crater of a fallen meteoroid and defeats her in an ax battle. They fall in love and Brunhild promises to wait for him in her kingdom. Siefried forges a sword using the strange ore; he slays a dragon and baths in its blood to become invincible and wealthy with the Treasure of the Nibelungen. Then he fights and defeats the dwarf Alberich from the Realm of the Nibelungen, and gets his magic helmet that makes the user take whatever form he wishes. When Siegfried meets Kriemhild, she drops a magic love potion in his wine and he immediately falls in love with her and forgets Brunhild. When Siegfried asks the hand of Kriemhild to her brother Gunther, King of Burgundy, he advises that he would accept if Siegfried helps him to win over Brunhild, the strong Queen of Iceland. Pretending to be Gunther, Siegfried uses his helmet to defeat Brunhild, and Brunhild agrees to marry him.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Another Wonderful Version of the Saga of Siegfried

The blacksmith Siegfried (Benno Fürmann) meets the Queen of Island Brunhild (Kristanna Loken) in the crater of a fallen meteoroid and defeats her in an ax battle. They fall in love for each other and Kriemhild promises to wait for him in her kingdom. Siefried forges a sword using the strange ore; he slays a dragon and baths in its blood to become invincible and wealthy with the Treasure of the Nibelungen. Then he fights and defeats the dwarf Alberich (Sean Riggs) from the Realm of the Nibelungen and gets his magic helmet that makes the user take whatever form he wishes. When Siegfried meets Kriemhild (Alicia Witt), she drops a magic love potion in his wine and he immediately falls in love for her and forgets Brunhild. When Siegfried asks the hand of Kriemhild to her brother King of Burgundy Gunther (Samuel West), he advises that he would accept if Siegfried helps him to win the strong Queen of Iceland Brunhild. Siegfried uses his helmet to defeat Brunhild pretending that he is Gunther and Brunhild accepts to marry him. When the jealous Kriemhild discloses the truth to Brunhild, she leads Siegfried and her kingdom to a tragedy.

The saga of Siegfried is certainly one of the most beautiful tales of the old times of pagan gods. In 1924, Fritz Lang released the masterpiece “Die Nibelungen: Siegfried”, an impressive movie ahead of time and one of the most beautiful fantasies ever. The made for TV “Ring of the Nibelungs” was a great surprise for me, since it is another wonderful version of the saga of Sirgfried. The story is engaging, developed in a perfect pace and using decent special effects. The cast has great performances, and includes the gorgeous Alicia Witt and Kristanna Loken in the role of the sweet Kriemhild and the strong Brunhild. In the end, this delightful movie is not so powerful as Fritz Lang’s masterpiece, but it is a great family entertainment. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): “A Maldição do Anel” (“The Curse of the Ring”)

Good effort!

Short of producing 2+ hour versions of each of the 4 operas in the Ring Cycle, this is simply excellent storytelling. Truly entertaining and worthy of viewing.

Given the obvious production and time constraints common to almost all television productions, the writers, director and cast have made a quite enjoyable film based on the Norse legends. They know they can’t hope to surpass more traditional Wagner opera productions or the cinematic spectaculars like Lord of the Rings or Chronicles of Narnia and they don’t try. They simply succeed brilliantly at presenting a quite entertaining and enjoyable film variation of the well known tale.

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Sword Of Xanten

When i first heard of this film i wanted to see it, so i sat and watched it. Unlike other people i actually enjoyed it. I liked it that much a year and a half later i bought it. Personally i liked the actors in this especially Kristanna Loken. She was terrific in this film. She portrayed her character the Queen of Iceland very well and she is quite terrifying. I had no problem with Benno Furmann either. I think Benno and Kristanna were a good match on screen, made a good couple. The story is very good, its a bit Romeo and Juliet-sh which i like especially when it is a fantasy film as well. Good effects, the dragon Fanfir was believable. Julian Sands as ever makes a good bad guy, just brilliant! I never listen to other peoples comments as i like to see things for myself. I give this film 9 out of 10, because its no Lord Of The Rings i agree but this is in my eyes a love story. Lord Of The Rings was more about war.