The Blood of the Walsungs (film)
The Blood of the Walsungs is a 1965 West German drama film directed by Rolf Thiele, based on a Thomas Mann novella of the same name written in 1905 and published in 1921. It was entered in the 15th Berlin International Film Festival. The title refers to the ill-fated Völsung clan as told in the Völsunga saga; the roles of Siegmund and Sieglinde refer to Sigmund and Signy as depicted in Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.
Cast
- Michael Maien as Siegmund Arnstatt
- Elena Nathanael as Sieglinde Arnstatt
- Gerd Baltus as Lieutenant Beckerath
- as Rittmeister Kunz Arnstatt
- Rudolf Forster as Count Arnstatt
- Margot Hielscher as Countess Isabella Arnstatt
- Ingeborg Hallstein as Countess Märit Arnstatt
- Heinz-Leo Fischer as Wendelin, a servant
- Karl-Heinz Peters as Florian, a servant
- as Von Gelbsattel, an officer
- Rudolf Rhomberg