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Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2

1967 · 90 min

A grim, mythic tale of vengeance and bloodshed, unfolding with theatrical gravity and a sense of inevitable doom.

Overview
Now Brunhild knows by which treason she was won for king Gunther of Burgund by Siegfried of Xanthen, and has been revenged by his foul murder by Hagen, more bloody revenge is inevitable. Hagen steals the Nibelungen-treasure to sink it in the stream and manages to kill Alberich and seize his invisibility-cap. Queen Kriemhild is packed of to an abbey so her son may grow up to become a prelate, but Hagen's men raid them and kill the child. She now accepts to become the wife of Etzel, king of the truly barbaric Hun nomads and invites the Burgund court nomenclature at their Danube court for their heir's baptism a few years later, but prepared a bloody conspiracy with her xenophobic brother-in-law behind her surprisingly chivalric husband's back, while Gunther accepts, hoping to avoid a far bloodier war, despite the danger for his party of knights, which materializes...

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • power
  • grief
  • violence
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour1
Realism4
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, adventure, fantasy
Directed by
Harald Reinl
Written by
Ladislas Fodor, Harald G. Petersson, Harald Reinl
Starring
Maria Marlow, Herbert Lom, Karin Dor, Siegfried Wischnewski, Rolf Henniger, Terence Hill, Fred Williams, Hans von Borsody
Music
Rolf A. Wilhelm
Cinematography
Ernst W. Kalinke
Runtime
90 min
Country
Germany, Yugoslavia
Languages
German

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