DO read about THE RING OF THE NIBELUNGS
(aka DARK KINGDOM: THE DRAGON KING)
(aka CURSE OF THE RING)
| Production Company: | Tandem Communications |
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| SA Production Company: | DO Productions |
| With: | Benno Fürmann, Kristanna Løken, Alicia Witt, Julian Sands, Samuel West, Max von Sydow, Aletta Bezuidenhout |
| Executive Producers: | Rola Bauer, Tim Halkin, Andreas Grosch (VIP) |
| Producers: | Andreas Schmid (VIP), Volker Engel, Marc Weigert, Konstantin Thoeren |
| Co-Producers SA: | Marlow de Mardt, Brigid Olën, Alan Latham, Ciro Dammico |
| Line Producer: | Marlow de Mardt |
| Director: | Uli Edel |
| Director 2nd Unit: | Jason Xenopoulus |
| Visual Effects Directors: | Volker Engel, Marc Weigert |
| DOP: | Elemér Ragályi |
| Format: | HD 24P |
| Genre: | Fantasy Adventure |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Awards: |  DIVA Award (Germany) for the highest rated TV fiction program in 2004 |
| Description: | Based on the Germanic myth "Das Nibelungenlied" and the Nordic "Volsunga Saga" which also inspired the four-opera cycle by Richard Wagner and J.R.R. Tolkien's epic "The Lord of the Rings", this is the story of the young blacksmith Siegfried, who, not knowing that he is heir to a conquered kingdom, becomes popular with the Burgunds by slaying their bane, the dragon Fafnir. When the reward seems to be a huge treasure, Siegfried ignores the curse that lies on the hoard - which now seems to endanger his love to beautiful Norse warrior queen Brunhild. |