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(Melancholic string music)

(Kriemhild) They sing the song of two warriors,

as different as light

and shadows.

A song of friendship and betrayal.

It is the song of Siegfried, the dragon slayer,

who stopped to rest while hunting at a fresh spring.

And it is the song of Hagen of Tronje,

the master-at-arms of the Burgundians,

who set a trap for the hero...

Ah!

... and cowardly stabbed him to death.

Uh...

But the truth is different.

I know it,

because I loved one of them.

But you took it from me.

And you will all pay for it.

(Muffled sound)

(Delicate spherical music)

(Soft shimmering violin sounds)

(Serious Music)

(Muffled sounds)

(Serious, gloomy music)

(Exciting music)

You were surprised in your sleep.

(Ravens caw.)

(neigh)

(male voice, coughing)

(Man speaks in another language and coughs)

(Not too close. - He needs water. Water!

(Man coughs.)

Here, drink.

Yes, drink. - (Soldier) Here, lend a hand.

(Threatening sounds)

Ah! - The king!

Don't let him get away!

(soldier) The king is hit. - (Gunter) Father!

(He gasps for breath.)

(Triste Musik)

(Bell rings.)

(Sad music)

(King) Look at his scars.

I don't know anyone who has survived such an attack.

This boy escaped the beast.

And now he has passed our test.

That makes him one of us.

You lasted longer than anyone else.

You will become a great warrior,

Hagen of Tronje.

Some voices say, You are responsible.

I am the weapons master.

You are also part of this family. Father always wanted it that way.

I will do everything I can to protect this family.

Everything.

(Tender Music)

(Meaningful music)

(The king is dead. Long live the King of Burgundy!

King Gunter!

(King Gunter!

King Gunter!

King Gunter!

(Consultant) People are afraid. They know there could be war.

(Your crown weighs heavy. There are enemies around us.

They are just waiting for a sign of weakness.

We need an alliance.

What about the Lombards?

Alboin lost his wife in childbirth,

and Kriemhild is of marriageable age.

Why don't we give it to the Danish king?

(Advisor) The Danes are not attacking us.

Your king always had great respect for your father. - Yes

In front of our father.

We Burgundians remain strong as long as we do not start fighting ourselves.

We ally ourselves with the Lombards and thus strengthen the borders in the east.

It's decided, in the summer Alboin will marry my sister.

Or does anyone have an objection?

(Melancholic music)

(Hagen) For Burgundy.

(Oppressive music overlaps the conversation).

(Kriemhild) Go on and tell Mother.

(Delicate violin music)

King Alboin. When I was a child, I saw him once.

A long time ago.

And when?

This summer.

Are the Lombards the best choice?

They have good warriors.

Father has always sought an alliance in the East.

He would be happy about that.

(Roll of thunder)

(Close the gates!

(Bring in the horses! - Take it easy. Ho!

(neighing) - (Wind roars.)

(Door opens.) - Foreign riders are camped outside the gates.

Eleven men in arms. No banners, no coats of arms.

I think they are traveling warriors. - Leaders?

They didn't want to let me not let me through.

(Threatening music)

(Wind roars.)

(Muffled bang)

(Alberich whispers) I know your scars.

(thunder)

(He gasps.)

(He breathes heavily.)

(Muffled voices and laughter)

(He groans.)

(Old High German)

Let's set off.

We are riding to Worms!

(Men jeer.)

(Dark music)

(Strangers at the gates! Archers!

(Powerful, dark music)

(Take him to the king. - Hua!

(Muffled drum sounds)

(Muffled sound)

What is your name?

Siegfried.

So you three are these brothers. - We are the sons of Dankrat.

And where do you come from?

Xanten.

Siegfried of Xanten? Son of King Siegmund?

Our fathers were allies in the old wars.

Our fathers murdered diligently.

They didn't leave much of the old world.

Then why are you here?

Yesterday was stormy, today the sun is shining,

and I want to fight you.

Fair duel, king against king.

My crown against yours.

You may have traveled a lot, but other laws apply here.

And what are these... laws?

If a king comes as a friend, he is entitled protection and hospitality here.

Does he come as an enemy...

And who are you? - Just a servant.

Then let the servant fight for you. - We Burgundians stand together.

With us, no one fights alone.

One big family.

I don't want to destroy happiness.

My men and I accept your offer. We will stay as guests.

Then you are welcome. Show them to our guest quarters.

Hm.

We are now guests of Burgundy!

(jeering)

It's not their weapons that worry me. A child rides with the men.

It looked at me.

But these were not the eyes of a child.

That was something else, an old being.

I know the stories about black albums.

They are creatures of the night, they crawl into our dreams.

My brother should have sent the strangers should have sent them away.

Your brother knows what he's doing. - He has never met the ancient beings.

But you know what they are capable of.

(Dark music)

(Mysterious music)

(laughter)

(Exciting music)

(Exciting music)

(babble of voices, laughter)

(He throws up.)

(Rain splashes.)

Ah...

the faithful servant.

Don't hold that against me this morning. I...

Sometimes I don't know myself, what's going on with me.

Where is the dwarf?

You never really know.

He lives in the shadows,

creeps into your dreams.

Are you afraid of him?

Do you even know what fear is?

There is no room for you in Worms.

Get out of here.

(Dark and melancholic music)

(Loud neighing)

(Alberich whispers) What are you looking for? Hagen of Tronje?

(I know what you are.

They are afraid of you and your kind.

Not me.

You old creatures have taken everything from me.

Fear, too.

I know your scars.

I know the one who inflicted it on you.

Mom!

(I know, what happened back then.

(He breathes heavily.) - (knocking)

(Lord, you must come, quickly.

(Gloomy Sounds)

(I need help! - Careful. Come here, come on!

The farmhands saw the saw the Alb last night.

The horses went crazy afterwards.

(Kriemhild) What happened?

Ho! - Stop.

Shh! Let me see him. - Go back.

Stop. - I can reassure my horse.

Kriemhild, go back! - (Kriemhild) Stop him!

(neigh)

Oh...

(Hold the horse!

(Kriemhild) Back!

(Screams)

(Unintelligible shouts)

(Screams)

(Dramatic music)

Comm.

Ho!

(neigh)

(snort) - Shh! It's only me.

Hey.

(neighing) - Ah.

Stay here!

What's happening here, Hagen?

You are right. They crawl into our dreams.

But we must not give them any power.

(Quiet high sounds)

(Fabric rattles.)

(Kriemhild) I will miss Burgundy.

(Soft music)

(Mother.

To the king. - He has a visitor.

(Mountains of fire?

Visitors? - You're joking.

(Siegfried) There are no mountains like here. The smoke obscures everything,

burns the eyes like snake venom.

(Giselher) And they let women fight? - Are you a warrior?

Yes, soon.

The women will behead you, before you draw your sword.

(Men laugh.)

(Gunter) Why have you traveled all this way to Isenland, across the North Sea?

(Siegfried) She called me. - Who called me?

Your queen.

Brunhild.

(Gernot) The Valkyries are ancient beings. - Yes,

and they are more powerful than any man.

Brunhild can captivate a man on the other side of the of the world under her spell,

even if she never met him.

And you... have you met?

(Mysterious distorted sounds)

What are you staring at so devoutly?

(Men laugh.)

This is not a mass here, and I'm not a priest.

(Men laugh.)

Where are your wives?

You have a sister. Are you hiding her from me?

Our women are in their chambers, as is proper here.

What's wrong with you? Did you hurt your hand in the fight?

(Gunter) Gernot is my brother and an important advisor.

That often weighs more than a sword and shield.

You can argue about that. But I'm tired.

Thanks for the food and drink.

(kiss) - (laughter)

If you hide your women from us, we will have to make do with you.

(Mysterious music)

I'll catch up with you.

(Door opens.)

You are not allowed to be here.

When my brother finds out... - I like him.

More than I thought.

I understand why they hide you. You are beautiful.

Please leave now. Otherwise I'll have to call the guards.

You come to this city as a stranger,

challenges the king...

without reason.

You have no respect.

You are a lost soul.

Then I'll fit in well here.

(Door closes.)

Kriemhild's marriage offers us security,

Marriage is the most stable pact between two powers, you know that.

Or what is it really about?

I have promised your father to protect this family.

The price must not be Kriemhild.

Our army is strong, even without allies.

I trust you.

You are the weapons master.

But then make sure that our army is strong enough.

She is not a legend.

Who? - Brunhild.

Siegfried has seen them with his own eyes.

We must not trust the Xanten man. He has an old creature with him.

(Melancholic music)

(The boy from Dragon Island,

that's what they called you.

When the fishermen brought you brought you to us,

There wasn't much life left in you.

I know that you have changed my son's changed my son's mind.

The people believe, they serve the king.

But in truth the king is the servant.

We have to make the sacrifices.

Kriemhild was ready for it.

Are you ready?

To make your sacrifice?

(battle cries) - Two!

Three! Four! - (battle cries)

Left around!

One! Two! - (battle cries)

Three! Turn left! - (battle cries)

(Old High German)

Two! - (battle cries)

(battle cries)

Ah!

(sounds of pain)

(They speak Old High German.)

Leave me alone! Leave me alone!

(Siegfried laughs.)

My men are too tired to fight. Too much wine.

Who of you wants to?

The weapons master himself offers himself.

I'm preparing men for war. Play elsewhere.

(Make way! Out of the way! - (neighing)

(Unintelligible voices)

(Dark music)

He comes from a settlement further north,

from Moorbach.

Saxony begins there.

(Gloomy Sounds)

Saxons and Danes join forces against us? Now of all times?

The scouts say, they are already on the Rhine.

We have no allies, stand alone.

How long would we withstand a siege?

Then we're safe for now. But the rest of Burgundy is on fire.

We must take the field against them. Our army is ready.

And Siegfried?

Giselher says that he and his men are the best fighters he has ever seen. - Yes.

But he brings chaos to our ranks.

So why doesn't he finally move on?

(Dark music)

Siegfried of Xanten.

(Echoing voice)

(Mysterious music)

(Breathing)

(You have scars on your body, and they hurt you.

I'm not talking to you, dwarf. - I know him,

who inflicted them on you. - Where is your master?

(Muffled crash)

(steps)

My armorer wanted to talk to you.

Did you not find him? - Armsmaster!

Siegfried fought against him. He was alone.

One man against a great old man.

You're lucky, to have someone like him as a servant.

Our hospitality ends here. You move on.

The fight is over.

The grand old man has fallen,

shed his blood.

His murderer bathes in it.

He is now wearing his skin,

and that... makes him invulnerable.

Ah!

(Alberich) Except for one place.

He brings me a part of him

and wants me to a sword out of it.

I call it... Balmung.

(Siegfried) I am not a servant.

But show me your enemies, King,

and I will bathe in their blood.

(Meaningful music)

Just as I bathed in his blood.

(Alberich) Why didn't you send him sent him away?

He will go. - It's too late.

You gave him what he was looking for, what he was looking for: a family.

(You can hear Gunter's voice, but cannot understand him)

... but also Siegfried, King of Xanten,

will support us in this battle.

For Burgundy! - Yes!

For Burgundy! - For Burgundy!

Do you see the dragon slayer's sword? - Yes!

It is made from the bones of the beast.

Siegfried leads it for us!

For Burgundy! - (cheering)

(For Burgundy!

For Burgundy!

(Powerful music)

When do you move out?

I know that there is a war.

Yes.

Why did you change my brother's mind?

Now we lack allies against the Saxons and Danes.

That was not wise.

Why did you do that?

Why?

Why do you want me to stay here?

Please...

Many of you will will not return from this battle.

I want us to have have said everything beforehand.

Everything there is to say between us.

Hagen... - I must do everything in my power to make Burgundy safe again.

That's all that counts.

Burgundy will never be safe.

(Sad music)

(Impressive music)

(Hagen) Such a large army must use the Rhine plain to make good progress.

On one side the river,

This is where the forest begins.

We attack at this narrow point, in two lines.

When some retreat into the forest the others follow suit.

Saxons and Danes fight without fear, but also without order.

The important thing is that we maintain our discipline.

(noise and creaking)

(Gunter) I would like to join you.

Drink. Tomorrow we might be dead.

You can talk. You are invulnerable.

Everyone has a vulnerable spot.

I have to ask you something.

Brunhild.

Ever since you told me about her,

I have to think about her all the time.

Every night I fall asleep with the thought of her.

I wake up with it in the morning.

It is,

their shouting?

(Spherical sounds)

It calls the warrior in you.

(Thunder)

(neigh)

(Thunder)

(Restless music)

(Old Saxon) A horseman!

(Old Saxon) Who are you? - I am your death!

(Stirring music)

(Right, left!

(Clear the way!

This is Saxon King Lüdeger.

His people have followed me. They will be here soon.

In their ranks fear is now marching!

Who is following me?

(roars) Who follows me? - Whoever follows him, he leads to victory!

No, wait! - (cheering)

(To victory! - No one is left behind!

(battle cry)

(Cheering from afar)

Bow!

(battle roar)

Ah!

Gunter!

Gunter!

Ah! - (battle cry)

(Dull and gloomy music)

(Long drawn out battle cry)

(Roar)

(Dark, powerful music)

There!

Ah... ah!

(Powerful music)

(Deep breath)

(Dark music)

(Yes! Yes!

Ah!

Ah...

(Giselher! - Ha!

My helmet!

My helmet! - Ah...

My helmet.

My helmet!

Take it easy.

Take him out. Come on, get up.

Yes!

(battle cry)

Ah!

Uah...

(Muffled, sad music)

Ha!

(Muffled, oppressive music)

(groan)

(Muffled, monotonous music)

(Distressing music)

Ha!

(My King.

My king.

You must show yourselves to the people.

(Muffled cheers from outside)

(cheering)

(Siegfried! Siegfried!

(Siegfried!

(Siegfried! Siegfried! Siegfried! Siegfried!

(Cheers break out.)

(Triumphal Music)

(Muffled cheers from outside)

(Roaring and laughter)

(Let it out. Shout it out!

(both) Yes!

You are the king's brother. This is no place for you.

Giselher, look at me.

Go.

How can you disturb the peace of the many dead?

Death is part of every battle. - Silence!

We are not silent, when we honor our dead.

We celebrate them as loudly as we can.

I will bury them together with my men outside the gates.

It belongs to Hagen.

No one belongs to anyone.

That may be the case in your world.

Not in mine.

How is he?

He is fighting for his life.

I think he's dying.

Alberich can help him.

(Quiet gloomy sounds)

(Door creaks.)

(Gloomy monotonous music)

(Gasping breath)

(Alberich) I know who you are

and where you come from,

Hagen of Tronje.

They told you,

the dragon would have brought the fire.

But that's not true.

People...

have destroyed your home...

have taken everything from you.

Hey!

The last great old man,

He pulled you out of the fire.

He saved you.

(Eerie, distorted sounds) - (noise)

Ah!

(Scream echoes) - (Dark, disturbing music)

(He breathes heavily.)

(Soft groan)

(clatter of hooves)

Good to see you alive.

It looks like as if I had to thank you.

Alberich brought you back from the dead not me.

You shouldn't have called him.

She was a good warrior.

You have defied my command.

I am not one of your soldiers.

I don't follow orders. I fight... when I want to fight.

I set off that night, because I felt like it.

I saw the Saxon king and slew him.

Next time I would do it the same way again

or completely different.

There won't be a next time.

There are...

I didn't call him.

Alberich.

Kriemhild did that.

(Siegfried) Have a seat.

Uncomfortable, such a throne.

A country cannot be governed governed comfortably.

You will perish like all the others before you.

My brother knows how to prevent that.

Sooner or later every empire perishes.

It's not worth fighting for. That's why I never wanted my father's throne.

(Kriemhild) That's a shame.

People worship you.

They want to be like you.

You could make their lives better.

(Quiet string music)

When will you be moving on?

Coming soon.

The bathers say, You must take it easy.

The Burgundians are grateful to you. They have been celebrating their triumph for days.

The triumph or him?

The Danish king is said to have held his axe over your over your head when he killed him.

Siegfried has slain both leaders.

In the eyes of the people he has brought them victory.

And in your eyes?

Did he save your life?

I am grateful to him for that.

He gives people false hope.

Perhaps false hopes are better than none at all.

(Siegfried! Siegfried!

Siegfried! Siegfried! Siegfried!

(cheering)

Yes!

(Ha! Ha!

Six! Seven! Eight! - (all) Ha!

(Cross-country.

(She laughs.)

(Melancholic music)

(Melodic Music)

(Harmonious Music)

(Siegfried) Humans and ancient beings have lived together here,

long before the old wars.

Alberich told me about it.

Why is he accompanying you?

He follows me, because I took away his master.

So is what they say true?

You killed the last of the dragons.

How did you find him?

I was apprenticed to a blacksmith, who was supposed to teach me discipline.

Hm.

He sent me to the Valley of the Nibelungs, hoping that I would never come back.

I don't remember, how long I wandered around there. Days, weeks.

One morning I suddenly saw him in front of me.

He was asleep.

What did he look like?

(Spherical female vocals)

His eyes...

This one moment...

was the best moment of my life.

(Spherical music)

Then why did you kill him?

You have to stop now, asking questions.

(whispering voice) Kriemhild.

If you stay calm, it won't hurt you.

What? - Keep walking.

(Dark Sounds)

(whispering voice) Kriemhild.

(Voice) Look at me.

Look at me.

(Dark Sounds)

(Muffled dissonant sounds)

(crackling)

(Threatening dissonant sounds)

That was my father.

I can't remember.

It's gone.

What's gone?

His face...

has faded.

They just wanted to give me away,

sell,

to some stranger.

I hated her for that.

(Soft, soulful music)

(Soft, sad music)

(Soft, soulful music)

Ah!

(Soft music)

(He groans softly.)

(Silent scream)

(moaning, eerie sounds)

(growl)

(Distant clattering of hooves)

Shh!

(A woman screams.)

(Threatening music)

(People scream.)

Ah! - Uh...

Uah! - Ah...

(Dramatic music)

(Girl shrieks.)

(They say, death rides in the east.

The Huns have united their tribes, and they are getting closer and closer.

(Screams)

They call their leader Etzel.

He and his men simply overran the Lombards.

Our scouts report that there is not much left of them.

We are hiring new men. Hagen is already training them.

Men who are afraid will never be good warriors.

That's why they need a strong king.

One,

breaking new ground.

One who makes the impossible possible.

(Dissonant sounds)

(knocking)

He's really serious. He's already sitting over maps of the North Sea.

(Hagen) Your brother is right.

We need a new alliance. - But not with old beings.

Father has driven them out, so that they would lose their power.

You were there. You risked your lives.

And now he's bringing her back? To his side?

Brunhild, a Valkyrie. - He is our king.

Yes, and we are only doing our duty. Nonsense!

It is our duty to act now.

I've already taken the first step.

Gunter says she would call him, in his dreams.

I wonder who whispered that to him?

I've had this dwarf locked up, before he causes any more mischief.

It belongs to Siegfried. - Yes.

And where is it?

For three days the two of them have been out riding.

Alone,

unaccompanied.

(Dark monotonous music)

Brunhild and Siegfried. Tell me everything what you know and I'll let you go.

(Tense music)

She is invincible,

they tell each other.

And that appeals to him,

just as he is tempted by everything unattainable.

Siegfried hears her voice.

She lures him across the big water

to the Isenstein.

Brunhild takes a liking to him.

She feels the same fire.

It also flares up inside her.

They spend a year together.

And people in the country say that they are inseparable.

But one day

he leaves them behind despite everything.

Without a word.

He disappears.

As suddenly as it came.

He breaks her heart...

and his.

He still loves her.

More than ever.

(Depressing music)

(Gloomy violin sounds)

Omnipotens deus. Father...

et filius et spiritus sanctus. Amen.

(Hagen) We were worried. Where were you?

We were in the woods, behind the river.

He showed me places where ancient beings and humans lived together in peace.

You must not trust him.

He will make you unhappy. - Hagen...

He will go and leave you alone. - Stop it.

Siegfried will ask me to marry him.

I know you don't trust him.

He is different from us.

That's why I wish that he becomes one of us.

Because with him can change Burgundy.

This country and this family mean as much to you as they do to me.

Put in a good word for us.

My brother listens to you like no other.

(Kriemhild.

(Sad music)

Siegfried will ask Kriemhild to marry him at the Whitsun festival.

Burgundy loves him.

He is now a hero to them.

A hero? - He is of royal blood.

How can I refuse his request?

Don't knock them off.

Give him one condition.

In times like these we can count ourselves lucky,

such a loyal and strong friend at our side:

Siegfried of Xanten!

Siegfried has asked my sister for my sister's hand.

I will grant him this wish. - (Man) To Siegfried and Kriemhild!

Under one condition:

I want him to accompany me on my journey,

a trip to Isenland.

I will ask for the hand of her queen ask for her queen:

Brunhild,

Daughter of the gods.

Isenland is not a threat, but rather a hope.

And Siegfried knows the way there.

He will help us bring a queen to Burgundy,

that our empire deserves, a Valkyrie.

And it will bring warriors with it.

Warrior,

as brave and courageous as you!

With this marriage we will set an example.

A sign of new, unrivaled strength!

The Huns' blood will freeze will freeze in their veins.

To our new queen! - (all) To our new queen!

(For Burgundy!

For Burgundy! - (all) For Burgundy!

(For Burgundy!

(Meaningful music)

(Rhythmic drum sounds)

Your king does not know what he has gotten himself into.

(Dark music)

And pull! - Set sail!

Wow...

(Impressive music)

(Wind roars.) - (Men cough.)

Ah...

(Roll of thunder)

(man) Attention! - (screams)

(laughter)

Ah! - (laughter)

(Scream)

Rocks!

(Groan)

(Hold on tight! - The rudder!

(Hold on tight!

(groan)

(Screams)

Ah! - Gunter!

(Man overboard! - Gunter.

(He groans.)

Gunter!

(Spherical music)

And Siegfried?

The others?

(Soft music)

(Impressive music)

(Melancholic music)

(Siegfried.

The Alb is no longer there.

Gun down.

Put the gun down!

(shrill mysterious sound)

(Tense music)

Take me to her.

(Buzzing sounds)

(Muffled rhythmic sounds)

Ah!

(Threatening sounds)

Ah!

No!

Gunter!

(blow) - Don't touch him!

Where is my king?

Will you follow him? - Until death.

Then you'll want to see blood, when the sun is up.

Sönnun?

The fight. - We are not here to fight.

My king wants to ask for the hand of your queen.

Then he has to fight,

like everyone before him.

(Monotone sounds)

And like everyone before him... he will die.

You have time, until the sun touches the mountain.

(Dark spherical music)

Gunter.

What happened?

She's not like that, as people say.

It's... completely different.

I have a feeling,

as if I had known them for a long time.

She was always there.

Near me.

She gave me this sword.

I will fight for them.

It was waiting for me.

Where is Siegfried?

(Mysterious whisper)

(Brunhild speaks softly in Icelandic.)

(Spherical female vocals)

You came back ...

Only as a companion.

As a servant of a king,

one who wants to woo you.

And you will put your helmet with the others.

(Spherical female vocals)

I want to take his sister as my wife ...

(Tender music)

And yet you are here.

I am no longer the same.

(Dull roar)

You knew what to expect here.

I won't let her kill him. - I didn't want to come here.

My king and I are leaving here today.

(Gunter) Then you'll go alone, Hagen.

I will stay. I have to fight for them.

Whatever it costs.

No man alone can defeat them,

not even me.

We have an agreement.

You gave me your word, to bring my queen to Burgundy.

Do you want my sister as your wife?

We can only beat them together. The Alb can make it possible.

(Cold monotonous music)

(Distorted sounds)

Mh...

Mh...

(Stifled groan)

Drink!

(Dark, powerful music)

Ah!

Ah!

(Dark and distorted music)

(Quiet noise)

(Groan)

(Muffled rumbling)

If your blood touches the snow, then she takes your head.

If it is her blood, she will go with you.

(Mysterious noise)

(Cheering battle howl)

(Muffled, gloomy sound)

(Continued howls of encouragement)

(Silence)

(Shrill battle cry from Brunhild) - Ah! Uah! Uh!

(battle cries)

Ah!

Ha!

(cracking) -Ah...

Ah...

Ah!

Ah! Ah... -(crackling)

(whining)

(Gloomy, tense music)

(Meaningful music)

(Dramatic music)

(Cold monotonous sound)

(Spherical female vocals)

Uah...

(Melancholic spherical music)

(Melancholic music)

(Sad music)

(A baby cries.)

(Depressing music)

(Man groans.)

(Mom. Mommy.

(Depressing music)

(Depressing music)

(The Huns were faster than you.

(Man) They come from everywhere. - (Giselher) There are too many of them.

(Consultant) We were not able to not hold.

New raids every week, first only in the east.

Now they are coming across the north and the south.

We beat them back twice, then there were raids

on settlements near Worms.

The will of many is broken. The men desert, Hagen of Tronje.

How do you talk?

We will impose harsher punishments and recruit new warriors.

The men in the villages are hiding.

They don't need punishment, but hope.

Enough of this!

Hagen recruits new men.

And with the warriors of the Isenlanders we are stronger.

They are now our hope.

The Isenlanders follow Brunhild, not you. And you are wounded.

Our men lack a king. - This is Burgundy, not Isenland.

Our new queen between soldiers on the battlefield?

I have defeated them. From now on, our rules apply.

(Siegfried) You did not defeat them.

You betrayed her.

We have betrayed them.

If you let them fight,

you can no longer control them. - (Hagen) I don't want that either.

She will lead us.

(Bell rings.)

(Lively music)

(Meaningful music)

(murmur)

(Serious Music)

(Unintelligible male voices)

(Dark music)

Ha!

Ha!

Uh...

(Ah...

(clatter of hooves)

(Quiet dissonant sounds)

This is Worms.

(Threatening music)

You have spent the last few weeks defended your country.

Time and again you have repulsed the Huns.

But tomorrow...

Tomorrow we will follow our queen into an important battle.

Tomorrow we meet their leader,

Etzel.

He is revered by his men,

feared by his enemies.

But he is only human.

Our queen is more.

(Spherical music)

She is a daughter of the gods,

a Valkyrie,

an ancient being.

Like the alves, the dragons, the Norns.

They are more powerful than anyone.

That's why we fear them.

But I have seen their light.

(shouting)

It comes from the mountain.

He spits fire again.

It glows in colors,

for which there are no words.

She climbed out of this mountain,

and now she is leading you.

A Valkyrie protects the men who are ready to die.

With her...

you are invincible.

Which one of you falls,

she will take it with her....

into the hall of the gods.

Ha! - (shouting)

Ha!

(Mighty drumming)

Ha! Ha!

Ha!

(laughter)

Ah!

Ha!

Siegfried!

(drums)

Ha....

(fighting sounds)

Ah!

(drums)

(Spherical sounds)

(Spherical music)

(Quiet monotonous music)

(You can't hear them.)

(gasping) - (knocking)

Yes.

My king, they have chased the last Huns across the borders.

The queen returns. The war is over.

(Bright monotonous sounds)

(Give me a hand! - Kunibert, help me!

(laughter)

You ran away from your home.

Mine was taken from me. Neither of us has a home.

When we return, we must ensure peace.

This family is all we have.

Siegfried,

you have given Kriemhild your word.

She's your wife now.

Why don't you say so?

Tell her how much she means to you.

When we are in Worms,

you remain faithful to her.

Don't make them unhappy.

(Sad music)

(Gentle piano music)

(Gentle string music)

(The people cheer.)

(Gentle string music)

(Roll of thunder)

(Let's get out of here, today.

We take the horses and leave everything behind us.

I am not one of your Nibelungs.

I am the sister of a king.

I want you to be one of us.

(Serious Music)

(birdcall)

(Kriemhild) The days of bad dreams are over.

There is still a lot to do, but I can see hope hope in the faces again.

What about you?

I'll carry on like everyone else.

And your husband?

I know.

Give him time.

Why did you never get married?

I know there would be many who would consider themselves lucky.

You should hear the women in my entourage.

I thought,

There are more important things.

But now, peace finally reigns...

Sometimes you don't recognize the real thing,

even if it's in front of you.

(Melancholic music)

I have to bring the falcon back.

The Huns burned down our farms. There is no one to do the work.

I need men. - There was a war going on.

There are many like you. Be patient.

I know you. The battle of the blue river.

You have lost a son.

You'll get everything you need. - I have not given you the floor.

Stand back in your row.

Back in your row!

(Muffled, gloomy sounds)

(Woman speaks softly in Icelandic.)

(She sees right through me.

Like through glass.

She needs more time.

Yes.

(Muffled, gloomy sounds)

She looks at him differently than she looks at me.

You were there, Hagen.

What happened out there?

We fought and won.

Stop it.

Tell me the truth.

The war is over.

The Burgundians cheer for you.

(Muffled, gloomy sounds)

That's all, Hagen.

(crash)

What's wrong with your hand now? You're too weak to fight.

That can't be the reason. - He doesn't have to explain himself.

It doesn't fit in with proud Burgundy. - Silence.

A cripple? - Siegfried.

Take off the glove.

(Tense music)

I want you to take off your glove. - No.

Don't touch him! He's my brother.

And?

I married your sister. I am one of you.

No, you're just her husband and my vassal.

You do what I tell you. - You can't talk like that.

I can. - Yes, you can talk!

Siegfried.

But I do all the things you are not capable of.

Or have you already forgotten?

(Dissonant music)

(Rumbling, screaming)

(Threatening dissonant music)

(It was her blood in the snow. But I didn't win the fight.

I lose it every day anew.

What does she see in him?

He behaves like an animal. He has no decency.

He is your sister's husband.

He humiliates the king. - We have known,

who he is.

And who are you then?

The boy from Dragon Island?

What happened to you, Hagen?

(Depressing music)

My father went to such lengths to make a faithful servant out of you.

You will become a great warrior.

So that you swear eternal loyalty to him.

Loyalty until death.

Who does your loyalty belong to now?

Me?

Siegfried?

Or my sister?

(Depressing music)

(Dark and melancholic music)

(Muffled, gloomy sounds)

(Gunter.

Gunter.

Gunter!

He waits.

I have offended you.

No.

The queen likes to ride out lately.

Alone.

She doesn't want an escort.

I followed her last night.

They're meeting, Hagen.

At night, outside our gates.

(Shimmering music)

(Lustful scream and moan)

Where is he now?

Comes and goes as he pleases.

Not even my sister knows where he is.

He doesn't even care about her tears.

(Dark music)

(Giselher) They want to be like him.

But he is not interested in them.

He doesn't care about people at all, and yet they worship him.

He tramples on our rules.

And many do the same.

They worship him.

(Giselher) And in such a way, as if he were our king.

(He's making a fool of me. In front of my own people.

Why does he make me hate him so much?

(Depressing music)

I am sorry.

(Exciting music)

It will never stop.

(He draws his sword.)

For Burgundy.

For Burgundy.

For Burgundy. - For Burgundy.

(Excited babble of voices)

(A sword is sharpened.)

(Groan)

(wetting noise)

Let's have a drink. - Not today.

(wetting noise)

I know, Hagen.

I... will...

be there for her from now on, be faithful, I will be different, I promise.

On my honor.

You saw a white man outside at the edge of the forest,

14 ends.

I'm going hunting tomorrow.

(Depressing music)

We should have done it a long time ago.

(animal sound)

(animal sound)

(Gloomy rushing sounds)

I'll get the horses.

(melancholy music)

Where is he?

Siegfried. He has ridden away, Hagen too.

I don't know.

(Muffled sounds)

It was a good hunt.

(Groan)

(Soft sad music)

(Stifled scream)

(He groans.)

Ah!

(groan)

Ah...

(Sad music)

(Heavy music)

Ah!

Ah!

(Sad-dramatic music)

(chop) - (gasping) Ah...

(Tragic Music)

Ah...

(Gunter groans.)

Ah...

(Tragic Music)

(Sad spherical music)

(He whimpers.)

Gunter. Gunter.

Ride ahead.

No one can know that you were here. Nobody.

(Muffled murmur of voices)

I killed him in a duel. - (murmuring)

(sobbing)

(Sad music)

(Sad women's song)

Ah!

There was no other way.

He would have destroyed everything.

(Sad music)

He humiliated the king.

He has betrayed you.

And he loved me, as I loved him.

But you will never understand that, Hagen of Tronje.

A word from you,

and my men will kill me.

Yes.

But you shall live.

Long enough, to see his child grow up.

You shall live,

as a faithful servant of your King.

You will pay for it.

A higher price than your death.

(Sad music)

(Tragic Music)

(Dramatic music)