Siegfried (film)

Movie
Original title	Siegfried
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2005
length	89 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6 ; JMK 0
Rod
Director	Sven Unterwaldt
script	Tom Gerhardt , ; Herman Weigel
production	Gabriele Walther
music	Karim Sebastian Elias
camera	Peter von Haller
cut	Norbert Herzner
occupation
	Tom Gerhardt : Siegfried; Dorka's jaw : Kriemhild; Volker Büdts : Hagen; Axel Neumann : Alberich; Jan Sosniok : Gunther; Daniela Wutte : Anita; Michael Brandner : Mime; Mirco Nontschew : Giuseppe; Simon Solberg : Gatekeeper "Herr Kaiser"; Markus Maria Profitlich : Butcher; Janine Kunze : Uschi; Mirja Boes : Gabi; Diana Frank : Karin; Maximilian Belle : Voice of the Pig; Otto Waalkes : Voice of the Locust; Atze Schröder : Voice of the Dragon;

Siegfried is a film by Sven Unterwaldt released in 2005 . He is a satire on the German Nibelungen saga (see also: Siegfried the Dragon Slayer ).

action

The child Siegfried is placed in a basket and swims across the Rhine in it until the blacksmith Mime finds him and takes him in. A few years later, however, the entire people would like to get rid of Siegfried, because due to his strength, mishaps often happen , which mostly the villagers suffer from.

As Siegfried is walking through the forest one day, he sees a young girl named Kriemhild, with whom he immediately falls in love. However, she doesn't like him at all because he is poor and she comes from a royal family. His people finally persuade him to go to the castle to find them there. When Siegfried arrives at the castle, he is not allowed in. When trying to get inside, the muscle man damages the gate of the castle. To pay off the damage, he now has to peel potatoes in the kitchen. Even with this work he only thinks of Kriemhild and hopes to see her soon. When he happens to come to the tournament area of the castle, he has to fight against Hagen , who has just defeated the last participant of the tournament there and is therefore expecting Kriemhild's hand. But Siegfried defeats Hagen, and Gunther , Kriemhild's brother, promises the new winner his sister's hand. However, she is not enthusiastic about the decision, so Gunter makes it a condition that Siegfried procures wedding rings from Rheingold .

In his search for this legendary treasure, Alberich , one of Hagen's henchmen, tries to murder Siegfried. Due to luck, several attempts fail, so that after a short odyssey the hero returns with the rings from the treasure guarded by a dragon . In his luggage is also a dragon egg that he found in the cave.

Kriemhild is once again not enthusiastic, but speculates on the rest of the huge gold treasure. She cannot imagine that someone could be so stupid and take the rings with them and leave the rest behind.

But that's exactly what comes out in good time before the wedding, so that Siegfried realizes that Kriemhild is not the nice, desirable princess, but a gold-greedy and devious fury . At the end she is "grilled" by the dragon, who wants his egg back, and Siegfried takes the kitchen assistant Anita as his wife.

background

The film was produced by Constantin Film AG . The world premiere took place on July 14, 2005 in the "Open Air Cinema" of Mediapark Cologne , the official preview took place on July 21, 2005 in the "Frankenheim Open Air Cinema" on the Rheinwiesen in Düsseldorf . Tom Gerhardt, the main actor and screenwriter co-author, was present at both performances. The official theatrical release was on July 28, 2005.

Reviews

“The humor of this alleged parody is somewhere between tasteless and stupid. The motto 'faeces is fun' unfortunately only works with children up to a maximum of twelve years of age, and even painful slapstick is more likely to please younger cinema audiences. For children the humor is just okay, for adults there isn't much to laugh about. "

- filmstarts.de

“The Nibelungen saga from the perspective of the proletarian comedian Tom Gerhardt, who has long since exceeded his potential and his zenith. Directed by the non-expert Sven Unterwaldt (" 7 dwarfs - men alone in the forest "), an anti-film was made that is neither funny nor impressive. The gags - mostly crazy anachronisms and sayings from the fecal pot - are underground stupid and maximum for an audience whose IQ is even surpassed by a chickpea. German cinema to get used to! "

- prism