Die Nibelungen

Sunday, February 28, 12 pm

Exhibition-related films are free with museum admission. Advance reservations for Members only. Tickets are available at the Admission Desk on the day of the screening.

Die Nibelungen
Director: Fritz Lang
12:00 pm – 5:45 pm

Based on the same Nordic legend that inspired Wagner’s Ring, Die Nibelungen is one of the greatest artistic and technical achievements of the German silent cinema. Presented in two parts, the epic film was restored in 2012 by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung and includes the original score by score by Gottfried Huppertz. Films introduced by filmmaker and writer Hilan Warshaw, President, Overtone Films LLC

The exhibition Wagner’s Ring: Forging an Epic will open for program attendees before the screening.

Siegfried
(1924, 149 minutes)

Scripted by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou the saga begins by constructing an enchanted kingdom populated by dragons, magical trolls, and heroic figures defined by rigid codes of honor.

Kriemhild’s Revenge
(1925, 131 minutes)

In the long-underrated second half, the death of Siegfried causes fantasy to devolve into nightmare, as his beloved Kriemhild enacts a vengeance that contaminates everyone in its path—a vengeance as ferocious and uncompromising as anything the cinema has ever depicted.

The film will be shown in two parts, Siegfried will start at 12 pm and Kriemhild’s Revenge at 3:30 pm

Please call (212) 685-0008 ext. 560 or e-mail tickets@themorgan.org for information.