Word: brunhilde
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...story is drawn from certain episodes in the Nibelungen legends from which Richard Wagner fashioned famous operas. The forging of the sword, the search for the princess Kremhild; the pact to trick Brunhild into marriage with Kremhild's brother; and the death of Siegfried are chief incidents. The magic of ancient imaginations lives again in the magic of the modern camera as Siegfried wanders through the enchanted wood, slays the dragon, becomes impervious to weapon wounds, captures the web whereby he can change his shape at will...