The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung

Synopsis

THIRD DAY OF THE RING CYCLE. Günter, the lord of the Rhine people, gives Siegfried a love potion that causes Siegfried to forget Brünnhilde and fall in love with Günter's sister Gutrane. Siegfried has given Brünnhilde the Ring as a token of their love, but her Valkyrie sister urges her to destroy it, because their father Wotan has lost his spear and power and is hiding out in Valhalla. Instead, Brünnhilde keeps it, and under the influence of the potion, Siegfried steals it from her. Enraged, Brünnhilde helps Alberich's son murder Siegfried, but Siegfried's memory returns, and he dies thinking of Brünnhilde. Brünnhilde repents and orders a funeral pyre to be built. She rides into the fire herself, and the Rhinemaidens get the ring back. The story closes with flames flickering about Valhalla in the background. Filmed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in June & July 1991.

Main Cast

Siegfried Jerusalem

Siegfried

Age : 84 | Popularity : 3%

Bodo Brinkmann

Gunther

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Philip Kang

Hagen

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Günter von Kannen

Alberich

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Anne Evans

Brünnhilde

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Eva-Maria Bundschuh

Gutrune

Age : 82 | Popularity : 3%

Waltraud Meier

Waltraude

Age : 68 | Popularity : 3%

Birgitta Svendén

1. Norne

Age : 72 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Harry Kupfer
Camera	Director of Photography	Horant H. Hohlfeld
Writing	Writer	Richard Wagner
Sound	Original Music Composer	Richard Wagner
	Conductor	Daniel Barenboim
Department	Role	Name

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