The Blood of the Walsungs (film)

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The Blood of the Walsungs
Wälsungenblut.jpg
Film poster
Directed byRolf Thiele
Written by
Produced byFranz Seitz
StarringMichael Maien
Cinematography [de]
Edited byIngeborg Taschner
Music byRolf Alexander Wilhelm
Production
company
Franz Seitz Filmproduktion
Distributed byColumbia-Bavaria Filmgesellschaft
Release date
  • 21 January 1965 (1965-01-21)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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 into 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.

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  1. ^ "Awards for Wälsungenblut". imdb.com. Retrieved 21 February 2010.

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