Die Nibelungen (1924, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

Die Nibelungen (1924, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

Siegfried (Paul Richter) bathes in the blood of the dragon he has killed to become invincible, “forever safe against sword and spear”. Scene online here. 

Die Nibelungen (1924, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

Poster art: Universum Film AG edition 

Film posters from UFA, the great German movie studio that was home to directors like Fritz Lang, F.W. Murnau, G.W. Pabst, & Ernst Lubitsch during the Weimar era (click on individual posters for hi-res/film & artist info).

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Above: Model for the dragon in Die Nibelungen (1924, dir. Fritz Lang) by set designer Erich Kettelhut; below, Paul Richter & Lang on the set of Die Nibelungen.

You can see the dragon in action here.

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Paul Richter slays the dragon in Die Nibelungen (1924, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)