Die Nibelungen Blu-Ray   Eureka

Perhaps the most stately of Fritz Lang's two-part epics, the five-hour Die Nibelungen (The Nibelungen) is a courageous and hallucinatory work, a film in which every single shot might alone endure as an exemplar of visual art. Its extraordinary set-pieces, archetypal themes, and unrestrained ambition have proved an inspiration for nearly every fantasy cycle that has emerged on-screen since - from Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings. In Part One, Siegfried, the film's eponymous hero acquires the power of invincibility after slaying a dragon and bathing in the creature's blood. Later, an alliance through marriage between the hero and the royal clan of the Nibelungen turns treacherous, with Siegfried's sole weakness exploited. In Part Two, Kriemhilds Rache [Kriemhild's Revenge], Siegfried's widow travels to the remote land of the Huns to wed the monstrous Attila, and thereby enlist his forces in an act of vengeance that culminates in massacre, conflagration, and, under the auspices of Lang, one of the most exhilarating and terrifying end-sequences in all of cinema. Adapted from the myth that served as the basis for Wagner's Ring cycle (though not an adaptation of the operas themselves), Lang's picture employs its own counterpoint through a systematic, viral series of deranged geometrical patterns and the arresting, kabuki-like quality of the actor's performances. The result is a film of startling expressionistic power, and a summit of the Fritz Lang's artistry. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the new HD restoration of Die Nibelungen in this special Blu-ray edition.

Special Features
1080p Transfer Of The Long-Awaited Hd Restoration By The Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung,In Its Original Frame-Rate And Original Aspect ratio, Newly Translated Optional English Subtitles For The Original German Intertitles, New Adaptation And Recording Of Gottfried Huppertz's Score, Presented In Both Stereo And 5.1, New 72-Minute Documentary On The Restoration Of The Film, Lavish 52-Page-Booklet With Writing On The Film By Lotte H. Eisner; Selected Portions Of Tom Gunning's Writing On The Film; Interview Excerpts With Lang Discussing Die Nibelungen; A Note On The Film By Michael Powell; Geoffrey O'Brien's 2005 Poem Inspired By The Film, 'Ground Speech (After Fritz Lang)'; Notes On The Tinting Of The Film In The New Restoration; And Rare And Dynamic Imagery From The Film