Ring of the Nibelung

Cortez 2022-04-08 09:01:13

Nordic mythology is an important part of European culture as a culture that was not poisoned by Christianity. Influence. Wagner's opera "The Ring" is a 14-hour masterpiece, and this TV movie managed to tell the story in two hours, which is very easy for the audience who want to know the story of the Ring.



Although it is a TV movie, because the story itself is very beautiful, and the filming is very careful, the script selection and various technical aspects are of a certain level, so it is very comfortable to watch, but the two-hour space is limited, so I cut it off. There are many mythological and historical backgrounds, and only the main line of love is retained. Therefore, compared to Wagner's rich opera, this drama is more like a Qiong Yao soap opera, and its depth, breadth and shock are not enough. But this is also a common problem with TV movies. It's pretty nice if you don't ask too much.

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  • Precious 2022-04-08 09:01:13

    Looking very depressed. . .

  • Roderick 2022-04-19 09:03:18

    The movie channel's dubbing made me think it was a Russian movie, but today I know it's German. . .

Ring of the Nibelungs quotes

  • Brunnhild: Once I loved a man, who I thought the gods themselves had sent me. I loved the whole world because he was in it. Long we were parted but I could bear it because I knew he would return one day. But when he came again it was as if his heart had been wiped clean. I loved him as I had but he did not love me. We were strangers as before we had met.

  • Kriemhild: Once I loved a man who did not love me and I could not bear it if the world was to be a place without him. So when Hagen came to me with an unholy thing that would banish the memory of old loves and plant a new one there, I was blinded...