Now I know Fritz Lang, director of 1927's Metropolis, had done films for pre-Nazi Germany, but not this!
An old film school professor had lectured on Lang for many occasions, and spoke of this movie often. I knew too based on it's age, from 1924, it would likely have been either destroyed in the second world war or just obscured. I did a number of months research time to find this, and was very impressed. This too was a time when cinema was epic, plus too I found this adaptation of Richard Wagner's magnum opus well within it's time. Just wish there were more movies like this to glorify the beginnings of film, but only a few still survive today.
One of Lang's very best. 10/10.
An old film school professor had lectured on Lang for many occasions, and spoke of this movie often. I knew too based on it's age, from 1924, it would likely have been either destroyed in the second world war or just obscured. I did a number of months research time to find this, and was very impressed. This too was a time when cinema was epic, plus too I found this adaptation of Richard Wagner's magnum opus well within it's time. Just wish there were more movies like this to glorify the beginnings of film, but only a few still survive today.
One of Lang's very best. 10/10.