Name: Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy
Director: Harald Reinl
Released: 13 Dec, 1966

Production Companies
Avala Film Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)
Status
Released
Language
German
Budget
N/A

Revenue
N/A
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Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy

6.30

442 Votes

1 awards

1966/12/13
1h 31 min
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Tags: based on myths legends or folklore, betrayal, betrayed, burgundy, dragon, dwarf, folk hero, iceland, king, knight, mythology, rhine, ring, sword, treasure, wedding

Ratings: 6

Siegfried of Xanten snatches the Nibelung treasure from the king of the underworld and slays the dragon Fafnir, whose blood makes him invulnerable. Siegfried falls in love with Kriemhild, the sister of the Burgundian king. But only if Siegfried helps Gunther marry Brunhild will he be allowed to marry Kriemhild. He fulfills this condition, but the two women bring ruin upon Xanten and Burgundy...