Film

The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung

7.7

4h 30m

1991

Synopsis

THIRD DAY OF THE RING CYCLE. Günter, the lord of the Rhine people, gives Siegfried a love potion that causes Siegfried to forget Brünnhilde and fall in love with Günter's sister Gutrane. Siegfried has given Brünnhilde the Ring as a token of their love, but her Valkyrie sister urges her to destroy it, because their father Wotan has lost his spear and power and is hiding out in Valhalla. Instead, Brünnhilde keeps it, and under the influence of the potion, Siegfried steals it from her. Enraged, Brünnhilde helps Alberich's son murder Siegfried, but Siegfried's memory returns, and he dies thinking of Brünnhilde. Brünnhilde repents and orders a funeral pyre to be built. She rides into the fire herself, and the Rhinemaidens get the ring back. The story closes with flames flickering about Valhalla in the background. Filmed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in June & July 1991.

Director

Harry Kupfer

Music

opera

Cast & Crew

Siegfried Jerusalem

as Siegfried

Bodo Brinkmann

as Gunther

Philip Kang

as Hagen

Günter von Kannen

as Alberich

Anne Evans

as Brünnhilde

Eva-Maria Bundschuh

as Gutrune

Waltraud Meier

as Waltraude

Birgitta Svendén

as 1. Norne

Linda Finnie

as 2. Norne

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