Published 2008-06-01
Keywords
- Siegfried,
- Nibelungen,
- legend,
- Germany,
- hero
- ideal,
- film ...More
How to Cite
Quinzá Niño, A. (2008). Die Nibelungen. L’Atalante. Journal of Film Studies, (6), 58–63. https://doi.org/10.63700/522
Abstract
Die Nibelungen (Fritz Lang, 1923-1924) is a masterpiece of German cinema. This article analyses it in detail by combining several perspectives, from the place of the literary original in German literature to its appropriation by the Nazi government: received by these as a filmic materialization of its ideology, to Lang's discomfort, it influenced its imagery, spreading the Aryan ideal of the well-formed blonde. Also it offers profiles of the main personages leaning on the epic poem that adapts, as well as an analysis of its iconography and its aesthetic influences, from Art Deco to Hendrich.
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