[Two queens await Brunhild on cathedral steps] – Antique Print
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(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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[Two queens await Brunhild on cathedral steps]
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Two queens wait on the steps of a cathedral for Brunhild in this still from *Siegfried*, the 1924 film that opened Fritz Lang's two-part *Die Nibelungen*. Produced in Berlin by Decla-Bioscop, the film adapts the medieval German epic the *Nibelungenlied*, whose story of royal rivalry and betrayal plays out at the court in Worms. The picture's cataloging under religion, churches, and mythology reflects how the film pairs a sacred architectural setting with legend. Its stylized sets and large-scale staging made it one of the most ambitious German silent films of its era.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1924. |
| Subjects | No. 26 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 × 1,215 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-137021 |
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