[Kriemhild and Brunhild on cathedral steps] – Vintage Print
![[Kriemhild and Brunhild on cathedral steps] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0d/0dfb5cc68b53-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Kriemhild and Brunhild on cathedral steps], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Kriemhild and Brunhild on cathedral steps]
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The picture shows Kriemhild and Brunhild on cathedral steps, a still from *Siegfried*, the 1924 film that opened Fritz Lang's two-part epic *Die Nibelungen*. Decla-Bioscop produced the film in Berlin, and its story draws on the medieval German poem the *Nibelungenlied*, which is set among the Burgundian court in the early medieval period. Lang's film was a major effort of the German silent era, and its stylized sets and costumes made the legend's courtly and religious world visible on screen. The church setting also reflects the film's interest in ritual and power.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1924. |
| Subjects | No. 31 in collection: Still photographs from the 1924 motion picture Siegfried, the first part of Die Nibelungen. Photo copyrighted in 1924 by Decla-Bioscop A.-G. Berlin. Old caption card tracings: Religion; Churches--Germany; Germany--History--5th century; Mythology; Motion Pictures; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,214 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-137024 |
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