Film

The Ring Cycle: Siegfried

7.8

4h 4m

1992

Synopsis

SECOND DAY OF THE RING CYCLE. Alberich's brother Mime raises the orphan Siegfried, hoping that Siegfried will kill Fafner and enable Mime to gain the ring. Mime attempts unsuccessfully to reforge the Nothung. Fulfilling prophecy, Siegfried reforges the sword himself and kills Fafner, who has the form of a dragon. When he accidentally tastes the dragon's blood spilt on his hands, Siegfried understands the song of a woodbird, who instructs him to take the Ring from Fafner. Reading Mime's thoughts of betrayal, Siegfried kills the dwarf as well. The woodbird also informs Siegfried of a mysterious woman asleep in the midst of fire, and Siegfried sets off to find her. After defeating a disguised Wotan and breaking his spear, Siegfried successfully awakes Brünnhilde, and the two fall in love. Filmed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in June & July 1992.

Director

Horant H. Hohlfeld

Music

opera

Cast & Crew

John Tomlinson

as Der Wanderer / Wotan

Siegfried Jerusalem

as Siegfried

Anne Evans

as Brünnhilde

Graham Clark

as Mime

Birgitta Svendén

as Erda

Günter von Kannen

as Alberich

Philip Kang

as Fafner

Hilde Leidland

as Waldvogel

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