The Blood of the Walsungs (film)
Appearance
(Redirected from Wälsungenblut)
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Directed by | Rolf Thiele |
Written by | |
Produced by | Franz Seitz |
Starring | Michael Maien |
Cinematography | Wolf Wirth |
Edited by | Ingeborg Taschner |
Music by | Rolf Alexander Wilhelm |
Production company | Franz Seitz Filmproduktion |
Distributed by | Columbia-Bavaria Filmgesellschaft |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
The Blood of the Walsungs (German: Wälsungenblut) is a 1965 West German drama film directed by Rolf Thiele, based on a Thomas Mann novella of the same name written in 1905 and published in 1921. It was entered in the 15th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] The title refers to the ill-fated Völsung clan as told in the Völsunga saga; the roles of Siegmund and Sieglinde refer to Sigmund and Signy as depicted in Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.
Cast
[edit]- Michael Maien as Siegmund Arnstatt
- Elena Nathanael as Sieglinde Arnstatt
- Gerd Baltus as Lieutenant Beckerath
- Gunther Malzacher as Rittmeister Kunz Arnstatt
- Rudolf Forster as Count Arnstatt
- Margot Hielscher as Countess Isabella Arnstatt
- Ingeborg Hallstein as Countess Märit Arnstatt
- Heinz-Leo Fischer as Wendelin, a servant
- Karl-Heinz Peters as Florian, a servant
- Christoph Quest as Von Gelbsattel, an officer
- Rudolf Rhomberg
References
[edit]- ^ "Awards for Wälsungenblut". imdb.com. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
External links
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Categories:
- 1965 films
- 1965 drama films
- 1960s historical drama films
- West German films
- 1960s German-language films
- Films directed by Rolf Thiele
- Films based on works by Thomas Mann
- Films about incest
- Films set in the 1900s
- Films set in Munich
- German historical drama films
- Bavaria Film films
- Films shot at Bavaria Studios
- 1960s German films
- Films scored by Rolf Alexander Wilhelm
- 1960s German film stubs
- 1960s drama film stubs