This movie was seemingly made by an amateur (in the worst sense of the word) with a big budget. The guy who plays Siefried is thisclose to doing male porn. And whoever plays "Buffy the Brunhilde" should go back to working at the Dairy Queen in Rolla, Missouri. Max von Sydow looks nauseated to be involved. He's got an expression like "wait'll I get my hands on my agent..." If you have any interest in this story, get yourself the George Solti recording of the REAL "Die Nibelungen" and a translation (unless you're German) of the libretto. Better yet, mortgage the condo and go see the actual staged opera. I guarantee the experience will blow away even the Lord of the Rings movies. Short of that, maybe try to find a copy of the Fritz Lang silent version of Die Nibelungen. It kicks dirt all over this one.
Review of Ring of the Nibelungs
