The hunt for the treasure of the Nibelungs

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Movie
Original title The hunt for the treasure of the Nibelungs
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2008
length 110 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Ralf Huettner
script Derek master
production Stefan Raiser
Felix Zackor
music Klaus Badelt
camera Hannes Hubach
cut Charles Ladmiral
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The Hunt for the Holy Lance

The Hunt for the Treasure of the Nibelungs is a German adventure film from 2008 . The film was first broadcast on August 31, 2008 on RTL . The sequels were broadcast in 2010 The Hunt for the Holy Lance and 2012 The Hunt for the Amber Room .

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After Charlemagne had already found the legendary treasure of the Nibelungs , there was a dispute with the Pope. So Karl hid the treasure again and left some clues that a wise man should correctly interpret in the future. The archaeologist Eik Meiers was already on the hunt for the treasure eight years ago, but when he lost his wife and best friend on Rügen , he gave up the search.

One day criminals steal a roof painting in the chalk cliffs of Rügen, which is considered a treasure map. Eik doesn't want anything more to do with the story. But then his 15-year-old daughter Kriemhild (short: thriller) discovers the true fate of her deceased mother and an amulet from the time of Charlemagne and Eik's friend, the restorer Justus, urges him to go on another treasure hunt, in which the amulet is the first Notice is. You still need a solidus for the amulet , but the one on display in the museum has just been stolen. Eik comes under suspicion and when someone breaks into his apartment, he suspects that the profit-hungry criminals are trying to steal the Nibelungen treasure.

Justus reconstructs the solidus and the image of Archbishop Hildebold on the amulet and leads the treasure hunters into the catacombs of Cologne Cathedral . Meanwhile, Heinrich Brenner, who wants to overcome his illness with the help of the dragon's blood, tries to get the museum director Katharina Berthold to his side. But Katharina declines emphatically and instead helps Eik and Justus in Cologne Cathedral, who find the gilded arm of Charlemagne in a secret necropolis , in which the ruler's forearm bone is hidden. This relic refers to the Externsteine in the Teutoburg Forest . There the three treasure hunters discover Karl's Reichsapfel , which contains an apple core. But Eik's former friend André turns up surprisingly. He reveals to Eik that he was responsible for blowing up the rock on Rügen, where Eik's wife died. After a fight he steals the relics found so far from the treasure hunters.

Nevertheless, the trio found their way to Aachen , where they stole the bust of Karl from the Aachen Cathedral during a symposium . When the criminals steal their busts, they seem to have won. But shortly afterwards Eik realizes that he still has the most important part - the skull plate. The bone leads the treasure hunter to Neuschwanstein Castle and through holes in the skull plate they become aware of a waterfall. Beyond that is a cave where Eik and Katharina put the puzzle together after recovering all of the relics. A ray of light points to a mountain that Eik recognizes.

In the mountain they enter an icy cave together with Brenner, in which they find the Nibelung treasure. Brenner pounces on the Dragonborn. But then André comes hostage with a crime thriller and shoots Brenner. When Eik throws him Siegfried's sword , the ice breaks under André and he is pierced by the sword. The cave collapses, but the treasure hunters can save themselves. Finally, Justus receives a call promising a new adventure around the Holy Lance .

production

Dreamtool Entertainment produced the film on behalf of RTL. The production was funded by the Filmstiftung NRW and FFF Bayern . The shooting took place from August to October 2007. For the most part, the film was shot on original locations in Germany; these include the Cologne Cathedral , the Aachen Cathedral , the Externsteine in the Teutoburg Forest and Neuschwanstein Castle . The remaining scenes were created in a hall in Cologne , which contained, among other things, the scenery for the necropolis, and a swimming pool with a hydraulic floor in Wiehl . The film was shown at Medienforum.NRW on June 5, 2008 in Cologne.

Reviews

Peter Luley writes at Spiegel Online that you have to accept a “little misunderstanding of history”. "Anyone who does this is offered lavishly cheerful popcorn TV, in which not only the Nibelung myth of precious stones, dragon's blood vial and invisibility cap is plundered, but also the treasure trove of quotes from modern adventure cinema." In addition to the "clear good -Böse-Arrangement "he emphasizes the" photogenic scenes "and the intensely booming music. The reviewer from kino.de describes the film as "[wild] mixture, but enormously entertaining [...] The puzzles, whose solutions lead the treasure hunters into ever new creepy catacombs and rock caves, play a decisive role in the film's entertaining quality. [...] It's just a shame that you hardly have time to appreciate the plausibility of the solutions. "Rainer Tittelbach assesses this attempt at an adventure film on television as" a terrific failure [...]. Benjamin Sadler is not a Nicolas Cage, Bettina Zimmermann is not a Cate Blanchett and Grimme Prize winner Ralf Huettner is not the right person for this genre. ”He comes to the conclusion:“ Everything is applied much too thickly. The film collapses under the burden of creating something big for television standards. "

Awards

The film was nominated in several categories at the German Television Award 2008, but could not win any award.

  • Best TV film / multi-part
  • Best Actor (Benjamin Sadler)
  • Best Music (Klaus Badelt)
  • Best visual effects (Denis Behnke)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Peter Luley: "Treasure of the Nibelungs" on RTL: Dragon blood is good for Quote. Spiegel Online, August 31, 2008, accessed April 18, 2016 .
  2. The hunt for the treasure of the Nibelungs criticism. kino.de, accessed on April 18, 2016 .
  3. ^ Rainer Tittelbach: TV film "The hunt for the treasure of the Nibelungs". tittelbach.tv, August 31, 2008, accessed on April 18, 2016 .