1 00:00:49,682 --> 00:00:51,172 Fifteen hundred years ago... 2 00:00:51,351 --> 00:00:54,184 ...most of Europe had abandoned its old beliefs... 3 00:00:54,354 --> 00:00:57,414 ...and turned to the Christian faith. 4 00:00:57,590 --> 00:01:02,721 Only in the North did the people hold on to the gods of their ancestors. 5 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:06,093 The most powerful of these gods was Odin. 6 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:09,429 He reigned among the stars in Valhalla... 7 00:01:09,602 --> 00:01:13,197 ...and his ravens gave him wisdom and memory. 8 00:01:14,941 --> 00:01:18,206 But whilst the fire of the ancient powers faded... 9 00:01:18,378 --> 00:01:23,213 ...a wondrous tale arose that captured the hearts of the people. 10 00:01:23,383 --> 00:01:26,477 It told of a blacksmith who slew a mighty dragon... 11 00:01:26,653 --> 00:01:30,987 ...and won a legendary treasure: The dragon gold. 12 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:38,381 My king! We can't hold the wall much longer. 13 00:03:38,551 --> 00:03:40,917 We can't stay. Take our son and go. 14 00:03:41,087 --> 00:03:42,987 I'm not leaving you. 15 00:03:44,023 --> 00:03:45,923 Siegfried! 16 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:54,259 Xanten whelp! 17 00:03:56,302 --> 00:03:57,291 Siegfried. 18 00:04:00,673 --> 00:04:03,665 -My son. -Go now. Go! 19 00:04:27,133 --> 00:04:30,466 My brother always watches out for me. 20 00:04:39,379 --> 00:04:40,846 This way, my lady. 21 00:05:02,902 --> 00:05:04,597 What do we do? 22 00:05:05,538 --> 00:05:07,529 We must cross here, my queen. 23 00:05:11,010 --> 00:05:13,308 -Where are they? -Come on. 24 00:05:37,870 --> 00:05:44,036 Siegfried. Hold on. Hold on tight. Hold on. 25 00:06:34,827 --> 00:06:37,660 A little early for a morning swim, isn't it? 26 00:06:38,297 --> 00:06:41,596 Who are you, boy? What happened? 27 00:06:44,137 --> 00:06:45,627 What happened? 28 00:06:45,805 --> 00:06:49,798 I don't know. I can't remember. 29 00:07:02,188 --> 00:07:04,850 1 2 YEARS LATER 30 00:07:11,798 --> 00:07:13,823 What do you see? 31 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,662 Be patient, child. 32 00:07:16,836 --> 00:07:20,363 Odin's powers are in the runes. They never lie... 33 00:07:20,540 --> 00:07:23,907 -...but they won't be rushed. -Don't keep me waiting. 34 00:07:24,977 --> 00:07:29,277 Fire will rain down from the sky very soon. 35 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:36,316 So far from home. What destiny could I have here? 36 00:07:36,489 --> 00:07:40,550 After the fire, a man will come... 37 00:07:40,726 --> 00:07:44,184 ...a man as strong as you. 38 00:07:45,231 --> 00:07:52,034 The warrior's strength will match your own. He will even best you in battle. 39 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:56,408 No one's ever done that before. 40 00:07:56,576 --> 00:07:59,044 No one else ever will. 41 00:08:15,761 --> 00:08:17,820 We should anchor for the night soon. 42 00:09:31,103 --> 00:09:34,971 Look at that pale path of light. 43 00:09:35,541 --> 00:09:38,408 That's the road to Valhalla. 44 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:41,843 I wish I could see them sitting up there. 45 00:09:42,014 --> 00:09:46,246 All the great heroes at table with the gods. 46 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:51,857 -And they're watching over us mortals. -But why do they care about us? 47 00:09:52,024 --> 00:09:54,788 They need us just as much as we need them. 48 00:09:54,994 --> 00:09:58,987 We'll fight on their side when the evil powers attack us. 49 00:09:59,932 --> 00:10:02,264 But how do we know what they want us to do? 50 00:10:02,435 --> 00:10:07,463 They map out our destinies. They've given you all the signs in the sky. 51 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:12,043 If they see, from up there, that we do something that's bad for us, they... 52 00:10:12,211 --> 00:10:14,076 They get furious. 53 00:10:14,647 --> 00:10:17,946 The Christians say their god is all about forgiveness. 54 00:10:18,117 --> 00:10:23,214 The Christians? They are a strange lot. 55 00:10:50,683 --> 00:10:53,948 It's Ragnarok. The gods go to war. 56 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,147 -I wanna take a closer look. -No, no, don't go. Don't go. 57 00:10:58,391 --> 00:11:01,554 We should never meddle with the gods. Never. 58 00:12:48,534 --> 00:12:50,729 You're the woman from the longship. 59 00:12:52,371 --> 00:12:54,305 And you're the man from the smithy. 60 00:12:58,377 --> 00:13:02,507 A tamer of fire and the elements. 61 00:13:04,683 --> 00:13:07,743 Then maybe you can tell me what this is. 62 00:13:09,588 --> 00:13:13,354 Some kind of strange metal. I've never seen its like before. 63 00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:17,127 Imagine the weapon one might forge from it. 64 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:21,698 -ls this metal the reason you came? -No. 65 00:13:23,836 --> 00:13:24,894 You are. 66 00:13:30,943 --> 00:13:32,433 Never mind him, blacksmith. 67 00:13:35,915 --> 00:13:38,440 Tell me something. 68 00:13:38,617 --> 00:13:40,448 Do you believe in destiny? 69 00:13:43,289 --> 00:13:44,950 Why? 70 00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:50,027 We were both sent a sign that would bring us together here. 71 00:13:51,597 --> 00:13:54,498 That sign was big enough for the whole country to see. 72 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:58,763 The only ones here are you and me. 73 00:13:59,939 --> 00:14:02,965 Today the runes promised... 74 00:14:03,142 --> 00:14:08,079 ...to lead me to a man whose strength would be as great as mine. 75 00:14:09,081 --> 00:14:10,742 And you defeated me. 76 00:14:12,818 --> 00:14:14,945 I just wrestled you down. 77 00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:17,956 No one has ever done that before. 78 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,625 Until now. 79 00:14:25,798 --> 00:14:31,998 So you see, we were meant to meet. 80 00:15:24,156 --> 00:15:29,753 -Why don't you stay here with me? -Oh, Eric, I would love to. 81 00:15:31,096 --> 00:15:34,088 But like you, I have duties to perform. 82 00:15:34,867 --> 00:15:36,926 But I will wait for you. 83 00:15:37,503 --> 00:15:39,130 But where will I find you? 84 00:15:40,272 --> 00:15:41,364 Iceland. 85 00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:47,237 But there might be more than just one Brunhild in lceland. 86 00:15:47,746 --> 00:15:51,011 Not more than one who is queen. 87 00:15:51,884 --> 00:15:53,511 You're the Queen of lceland? 88 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:56,487 Yes. 89 00:16:00,492 --> 00:16:02,357 Does that make a difference? 90 00:16:04,797 --> 00:16:06,526 No. 91 00:16:06,899 --> 00:16:10,835 -Not to how I feel about you. -Good. 92 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:16,403 Because no matter what happens, I will love you forever. 93 00:16:18,210 --> 00:16:20,508 I promise I will come. 94 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:36,451 Well, the gods wanted it to happen. 95 00:17:36,622 --> 00:17:39,090 But I'm a blacksmith, and she is a queen. 96 00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:43,354 Up North are many tales about blacksmiths who became kings. 97 00:17:43,529 --> 00:17:45,622 -Really? -There have always been things... 98 00:17:45,798 --> 00:17:47,789 ...that were different about you. 99 00:17:47,966 --> 00:17:50,161 Maybe she felt them too. 100 00:17:54,807 --> 00:17:58,174 Father, take me with you on your journey to Burgund this year. 101 00:17:58,343 --> 00:18:00,140 Why? 102 00:18:02,047 --> 00:18:06,416 Maybe the river holds an answer to what happened before you found me. 103 00:18:07,653 --> 00:18:10,121 You were never curious about that before. 104 00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:16,556 I don't know anything about myself. 105 00:18:16,728 --> 00:18:22,166 I've never even left the smithy. And now I feel I must. 106 00:18:22,468 --> 00:18:27,098 Let's get the boat ready. We'll leave tomorrow morning. 107 00:18:29,074 --> 00:18:30,701 Thank you. 108 00:18:31,977 --> 00:18:33,171 Thank you, Father. 109 00:19:22,694 --> 00:19:23,991 What's that? 110 00:19:26,765 --> 00:19:28,255 Is it a war? 111 00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:31,535 It sure looks like that. 112 00:19:32,237 --> 00:19:36,435 But who's the enemy? King Gunther is at peace with the Saxons. 113 00:20:22,387 --> 00:20:23,854 Up here. 114 00:20:24,756 --> 00:20:27,520 -Alberich. -Lord Hagen. 115 00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:30,253 I see you have not changed. 116 00:20:30,696 --> 00:20:32,891 Nor have you. 117 00:20:33,265 --> 00:20:35,665 I got your message. What is it you want now? 118 00:20:36,001 --> 00:20:38,697 Fafnir the dragon is awake. 119 00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:44,206 You must convince King Gunther to gather his best warriors and kill Fafnir. 120 00:20:44,376 --> 00:20:49,245 Why would I put their lives at risk, and mine? I don't care about the dragon. 121 00:20:49,414 --> 00:20:53,009 You wouldn't say that if you knew what was hidden in his cave. 122 00:20:53,518 --> 00:20:55,383 Go on. 123 00:20:55,587 --> 00:20:58,647 The ancient treasure hoard of the Nibelungs. 124 00:21:03,829 --> 00:21:05,888 You've been babbling about that... 125 00:21:06,064 --> 00:21:09,158 ...ever since they cast you out for trying to thieve it. 126 00:21:09,334 --> 00:21:11,996 Now you want me to believe the hoard is here? 127 00:21:12,170 --> 00:21:14,434 The dragon was sleeping on it. 128 00:21:14,606 --> 00:21:18,235 So you've wasted years of the mortal life they cursed you with... 129 00:21:18,410 --> 00:21:22,540 ...and the treasure was under your nose the whole while. 130 00:21:22,714 --> 00:21:24,079 That's funny. 131 00:21:24,683 --> 00:21:27,243 You won't laugh so hard when you've seen it. 132 00:21:27,419 --> 00:21:32,584 You've never dreamed of such a hoard of gold and jewels. 133 00:21:33,191 --> 00:21:36,888 Why would I help you and not keep the whole hoard for myself? 134 00:21:37,262 --> 00:21:40,527 We know each other too well, you and l. 135 00:21:40,699 --> 00:21:43,190 Some of my blood courses through your veins. 136 00:21:43,368 --> 00:21:46,098 Enough. Don't ever dare to speak of it. 137 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:47,897 You know it's true. 138 00:21:48,073 --> 00:21:49,904 Hold your tongue! 139 00:21:50,776 --> 00:21:54,234 I know that you're ashamed of where you come from. 140 00:21:54,413 --> 00:21:59,476 But remember how many times I've helped you with my magic. 141 00:22:00,585 --> 00:22:02,644 We could help each other now. 142 00:22:34,052 --> 00:22:35,815 What a beautiful bird. 143 00:22:36,788 --> 00:22:40,986 -Give him back. He belongs to me. -What's its name? 144 00:22:41,159 --> 00:22:42,626 Arminius. 145 00:22:42,794 --> 00:22:46,059 Like the hero who chased the Romans out of the country. 146 00:22:46,231 --> 00:22:48,927 Yes, now give him back to me, boy. 147 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:51,569 Who are you calling a boy, boy? 148 00:22:51,903 --> 00:22:56,306 I'm the king's brother, and I call common men what I please. 149 00:22:56,475 --> 00:22:58,466 Did you hear that? What? 150 00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:02,675 What's that? 151 00:23:06,752 --> 00:23:10,984 He says I'm no common man, but the tamer of fire and the elements. 152 00:23:11,156 --> 00:23:12,987 And that's what you should call me. 153 00:23:23,101 --> 00:23:24,693 Shall we try again? 154 00:23:25,203 --> 00:23:26,864 Stop that nonsense, Eric. 155 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,006 Give back the hawk to Prince Giselher. 156 00:23:35,447 --> 00:23:36,573 At once. 157 00:23:58,103 --> 00:24:00,867 I hoped you wouldn't give up so easily. 158 00:25:01,266 --> 00:25:03,063 I'll get you a new one. 159 00:25:04,469 --> 00:25:07,597 -Eyvind. -Oh, Lord Dankwart. 160 00:25:07,772 --> 00:25:10,866 We've been waiting for you. I'm glad you got here safely. 161 00:25:11,042 --> 00:25:13,408 We saw the devastation coming up the river. 162 00:25:13,578 --> 00:25:17,036 It's a dragon. Fafnir, they call it. 163 00:25:17,215 --> 00:25:21,709 The monster came out of nowhere and started killing, destroying everything. 164 00:25:21,987 --> 00:25:26,583 -I'll tell the king you're here. -Yeah. Thank you. 165 00:25:28,326 --> 00:25:33,127 Now, look at this. This is even better. 166 00:25:33,298 --> 00:25:35,960 You have a good eye for blades, my king. 167 00:25:36,434 --> 00:25:38,902 Forged and tempered by my son here. 168 00:25:39,070 --> 00:25:43,063 It's well-balanced in order to make it move like an extension of your arm. 169 00:25:43,241 --> 00:25:47,007 -You've learned your craft well. -Thank you, my king. 170 00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:50,477 I've always said there's no better weapon-maker in the land. 171 00:25:51,082 --> 00:25:53,016 Eyvind, you arrived just in time. 172 00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:56,915 I need your best iron to help my men fight the dragon. 173 00:25:57,088 --> 00:26:00,717 Brother, with this sword I could fight the dragon at your side. 174 00:26:00,992 --> 00:26:04,086 -Let me come with you. -You know my answer, Giselher. 175 00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:07,891 It is not wise to put two princes of Burgund in danger at the same time. 176 00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:10,057 The creature should be hunted down. 177 00:26:10,235 --> 00:26:12,965 I, too, ask to join your quest against the dragon. 178 00:26:13,138 --> 00:26:18,633 That task is only for warriors most honored and favored by the king. 179 00:26:18,810 --> 00:26:22,177 Please excuse his impetuous youth, my king. 180 00:26:23,448 --> 00:26:26,178 I know exactly how you feel. 181 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:35,092 What did you think, Eric? 182 00:26:35,694 --> 00:26:39,061 The king would be waiting for you to kill the dragon for him? 183 00:26:39,230 --> 00:26:40,254 I can do it. 184 00:26:41,466 --> 00:26:43,764 With your mouth you can. 185 00:26:44,336 --> 00:26:47,601 Make sure it reaches the right temperature. 186 00:26:48,506 --> 00:26:50,736 Aren't you helping me with this? 187 00:26:50,909 --> 00:26:55,005 It's your sword. Didn't I teach you how to do it? 188 00:26:55,180 --> 00:26:56,340 Yes, you did. 189 00:26:56,514 --> 00:26:58,209 Then do it. 190 00:27:19,671 --> 00:27:22,105 I will love you forever. 191 00:28:00,712 --> 00:28:03,408 To the forest of Fafnir. 192 00:28:08,219 --> 00:28:11,416 May God be with us, and grant us swift victory. 193 00:28:18,797 --> 00:28:21,265 Open the gates. 194 00:28:48,026 --> 00:28:51,553 Don't stare at the princess. It's not polite. 195 00:28:51,763 --> 00:28:53,162 I'm not staring. 196 00:28:55,734 --> 00:28:58,100 She is though. 197 00:29:23,828 --> 00:29:27,787 The king! The king is returning! 198 00:29:46,718 --> 00:29:48,413 Gunther! 199 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,117 Gunther! 200 00:29:54,826 --> 00:30:00,492 The dragon's hide was hard as iron. Our weapons were useless against it. 201 00:30:02,867 --> 00:30:05,062 Take him in. 202 00:30:12,443 --> 00:30:14,434 Careful. 203 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:19,776 He will be avenged, my lady. 204 00:30:23,087 --> 00:30:24,748 I swear it. 205 00:31:11,436 --> 00:31:14,496 This is your masterpiece, my son. 206 00:31:21,312 --> 00:31:23,246 What will you call him? 207 00:31:23,982 --> 00:31:25,950 I don't know. Why? 208 00:31:26,150 --> 00:31:29,711 A sword as great as this deserves a name. 209 00:31:34,759 --> 00:31:37,353 Then I shall call you "Balmung." 210 00:31:37,762 --> 00:31:39,423 Balmung? 211 00:31:39,597 --> 00:31:43,693 Balmung was the sword of the last King of Xanten, destroyed in battle. 212 00:31:43,868 --> 00:31:46,132 Why do you want to call him that? 213 00:31:47,272 --> 00:31:49,536 I just like the sound of it. 214 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,190 Fafnir! 215 00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:22,197 Come out! Come out, you worm! 216 00:33:23,034 --> 00:33:26,265 Fafnir, I'm right here! 217 00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:25,121 That's it. 218 00:34:29,834 --> 00:34:34,134 Come out! Come on! 219 00:40:01,365 --> 00:40:06,598 In the dragon blood. Bathe in the dragon blood. 220 00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:10,791 If you are wise, you will leave empty-handed. 221 00:42:12,496 --> 00:42:15,829 This gold is not for humankind. 222 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,730 It belongs to us. 223 00:42:24,808 --> 00:42:28,141 I think it belonged to the dragon. 224 00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:32,080 We are the keepers of the gold. 225 00:42:32,249 --> 00:42:38,984 Gold that only we can hold. The hoard was ours till Fafnir stole it from us. 226 00:42:39,189 --> 00:42:43,182 Heed our warning, or you too will pay. 227 00:42:44,261 --> 00:42:46,161 Who are you? 228 00:42:46,330 --> 00:42:50,528 The Nibelungs. The people of mist and twilight. 229 00:42:50,734 --> 00:42:54,534 You gave the gold back to us by slaying Fafnir. 230 00:42:54,738 --> 00:42:56,535 And we thank you for it. 231 00:42:56,941 --> 00:42:58,704 Thanks are all very well. 232 00:42:58,876 --> 00:43:01,936 But I'm the one who risked my life to kill the dragon. 233 00:43:02,146 --> 00:43:03,943 That should be worth something. 234 00:43:04,248 --> 00:43:07,740 It is not worth a single coin of this treasure. 235 00:43:08,252 --> 00:43:10,777 Not when it comes with a curse. 236 00:43:12,056 --> 00:43:15,958 -I don't believe in curses. -The proof is outside. 237 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,287 Fafnir lies dead because of it. 238 00:43:18,462 --> 00:43:21,556 I think he lies dead because of me. 239 00:43:25,369 --> 00:43:27,064 And what's this? 240 00:43:27,237 --> 00:43:29,171 That is the ring of the Nibelung. 241 00:43:29,607 --> 00:43:33,805 The oldest thing in the hoard. Its heart. 242 00:43:33,978 --> 00:43:38,608 The one who possesses it is the treasure's owner. 243 00:43:52,129 --> 00:43:55,758 -It's beautiful. -And as deadly to you... 244 00:43:55,933 --> 00:43:58,629 ...as anything else here. 245 00:44:00,504 --> 00:44:04,838 It's gonna take more than just words to frighten me today. 246 00:44:05,209 --> 00:44:07,803 I'll be back for it soon. 247 00:44:26,296 --> 00:44:30,357 When the curse begins to bite, beware... 248 00:44:30,534 --> 00:44:36,598 ...for it will find your weakness, and through it, destroy you. 249 00:45:08,906 --> 00:45:11,340 -What sorcery is this? -Give it back. 250 00:45:11,542 --> 00:45:13,510 Who are you? 251 00:45:13,677 --> 00:45:16,009 -I should've known better. -What? 252 00:45:16,647 --> 00:45:20,048 The dragon's blood. It's made your skin impenetrable. 253 00:45:20,284 --> 00:45:23,253 I killed the dragon. What's to stop me from killing you? 254 00:45:23,420 --> 00:45:25,980 The magical Tarnhelm. You can keep it. 255 00:45:26,790 --> 00:45:29,156 It made me take your shape. 256 00:45:31,228 --> 00:45:34,561 What do I need that for? I look like me already. 257 00:45:34,798 --> 00:45:39,667 Yes, but with it, you can wear any shape you desire. 258 00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:45,174 -Prove it. -Put it on your head. 259 00:45:54,952 --> 00:45:56,852 Listen, are you trying to? 260 00:45:57,054 --> 00:45:59,113 You must say the magical words: 261 00:45:59,323 --> 00:46:01,587 Shadows and vapors, all the same. 262 00:46:01,825 --> 00:46:05,056 And you must think who it is you want to turn into. 263 00:46:05,562 --> 00:46:09,896 Shadows and vapors, all the same. 264 00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:18,608 You look really ugly. 265 00:46:20,444 --> 00:46:23,572 Then I must look like you. 266 00:46:28,619 --> 00:46:30,587 Are you going to spare me? 267 00:46:34,057 --> 00:46:35,888 Go. 268 00:46:42,366 --> 00:46:47,303 Another mistake, young mortal. Now you also own his enmity. 269 00:46:47,471 --> 00:46:51,498 -And the curse. -Why? Who is he? 270 00:46:51,742 --> 00:46:54,939 His name is Alberich, and he was one of us. 271 00:46:55,512 --> 00:46:57,605 But greed awoke in Alberich. 272 00:46:57,815 --> 00:47:02,115 He wanted the treasure all for himself, like you. 273 00:47:02,319 --> 00:47:03,980 When he tried to steal it... 274 00:47:04,188 --> 00:47:09,148 ...we cast him out, and stripped his immortality away. 275 00:47:09,393 --> 00:47:13,193 How about we make a bargain? I'll only take half of the treasure... 276 00:47:13,397 --> 00:47:15,627 ...you keep the rest. Would that be fair? 277 00:47:15,833 --> 00:47:20,634 Half the treasure, all the treasure, or just that single ring. 278 00:47:20,838 --> 00:47:24,831 It's enough to bring the whole curse down on you. 279 00:47:25,442 --> 00:47:27,706 It's all mine now. 280 00:47:40,557 --> 00:47:43,355 Lady, you set tests for your suitors. 281 00:47:43,527 --> 00:47:47,019 Such tests are almost an insult to their rank. 282 00:47:47,231 --> 00:47:50,997 These men who ask for your hand are royal kings and princes. 283 00:47:51,201 --> 00:47:53,965 And I am a queen, their equal. 284 00:47:54,137 --> 00:47:57,538 I have a right in my own land to make whatever laws I please. 285 00:47:57,708 --> 00:47:59,300 -Yes, but... -Then tell them... 286 00:47:59,476 --> 00:48:03,708 ...that the Queen of lceland will wed the man who passes the tests she sets. 287 00:48:03,947 --> 00:48:06,177 And who can defeat her in single combat. 288 00:48:06,383 --> 00:48:10,513 But no man can hope to succeed at such tasks, majesty. 289 00:48:10,687 --> 00:48:14,555 One man will succeed. And one man will marry me. 290 00:48:15,092 --> 00:48:20,496 And I will know that man as soon as I see him. You may go. 291 00:48:28,538 --> 00:48:33,271 You are thinking of the man you met on the night the star fell, aren't you? 292 00:48:33,477 --> 00:48:35,172 The blacksmith? 293 00:48:35,345 --> 00:48:38,610 I have thought of that man ever since. 294 00:48:38,782 --> 00:48:41,046 And I will marry no one else, Hallbera. 295 00:48:41,551 --> 00:48:46,045 Not a prince, not a king, not the Roman emperor himself. 296 00:48:46,924 --> 00:48:51,190 And if your handsome sword-maker does appear, what then? 297 00:48:51,395 --> 00:48:56,230 Are you sure he's strong and brave enough to pass the tests you planned? 298 00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:01,702 He has defeated me once already. Only he will defeat me again. 299 00:49:01,872 --> 00:49:04,898 The rune stones do not lie. 300 00:49:52,723 --> 00:49:57,490 -Can I see your face? -No, that would ruin everything. 301 00:49:57,694 --> 00:50:00,424 Let's go get some water. 302 00:50:05,435 --> 00:50:09,633 What does a dragon slayer do now that there are no dragons left to slay? 303 00:50:09,806 --> 00:50:11,774 He goes home to his smithy. 304 00:50:13,343 --> 00:50:16,574 With all the gold you brought back, you don't need to work. 305 00:50:16,947 --> 00:50:20,678 My father taught me the art of changing charcoal and ore into iron... 306 00:50:20,851 --> 00:50:23,342 ...and I enjoy doing it. 307 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:28,219 Defeat dragons with iron, but win maidens with gold. 308 00:50:28,625 --> 00:50:32,721 How many? One? Two? A dozen? 309 00:50:32,896 --> 00:50:34,625 None. 310 00:50:35,966 --> 00:50:38,161 My heart is pledged already. 311 00:50:40,971 --> 00:50:43,337 Who is this fortunate lady? 312 00:50:43,507 --> 00:50:45,202 Highborn or low? 313 00:50:45,375 --> 00:50:47,240 High, I think. 314 00:50:47,411 --> 00:50:49,311 Or fear. 315 00:50:50,213 --> 00:50:52,408 Maybe too high. 316 00:50:52,916 --> 00:50:56,215 Perhaps she doesn't know you love her so deeply. 317 00:50:56,386 --> 00:51:00,755 All sorts of arrangements might be made for so great a hero. 318 00:51:01,625 --> 00:51:04,617 -Would I know her? -No. 319 00:51:05,228 --> 00:51:07,662 She lives far away. 320 00:51:10,934 --> 00:51:13,732 So to whom is your heart pledged? 321 00:51:13,904 --> 00:51:17,635 -Are you married? -No, I'm not. 322 00:51:18,208 --> 00:51:21,143 If I ever marry, it will only be for love. 323 00:52:17,534 --> 00:52:20,662 They've burned our towns and taken our people as slaves. 324 00:52:20,837 --> 00:52:23,601 We've lived in peace with the Twin Kings for ten years. 325 00:52:23,773 --> 00:52:25,832 But for most of those ten years... 326 00:52:26,009 --> 00:52:30,378 ...Burgund's treasury hasn't been filled to overflowing with Fafnir's hoard. 327 00:52:30,547 --> 00:52:33,141 Greed will negate any treaty. 328 00:52:33,316 --> 00:52:34,647 How strong is their army? 329 00:52:35,051 --> 00:52:38,885 -Four, perhaps, 5000 men. -We can match them in strength. 330 00:52:39,055 --> 00:52:40,454 But they're on the move. 331 00:52:40,724 --> 00:52:44,490 Send messengers to all our towns. Muster the army. We leave at once. 332 00:52:44,694 --> 00:52:46,753 But my king... 333 00:52:46,963 --> 00:52:49,431 ...Eric the blacksmith owes you no allegiance. 334 00:52:49,599 --> 00:52:51,794 But he killed Fafnir on your behalf. 335 00:52:52,135 --> 00:52:54,467 If he agreed to join our army... 336 00:52:54,638 --> 00:52:57,539 ...I'm certain it would encourage our warriors. 337 00:52:57,707 --> 00:52:59,902 And discourage the enemy. 338 00:53:00,544 --> 00:53:03,138 To meet a man who slew a dragon single-handed... 339 00:53:03,313 --> 00:53:05,645 ...would give anyone a pause for thought. 340 00:53:05,815 --> 00:53:10,309 Command... No, ask that he ride with the Burgund host. 341 00:53:10,987 --> 00:53:13,319 -Brother, I-- -I honor your intention... 342 00:53:13,490 --> 00:53:15,151 ...but this is not about glory. 343 00:53:15,325 --> 00:53:18,488 If we don't come back, you must live to defend Burgund. 344 00:53:18,662 --> 00:53:20,357 And your sister. Meanwhile... 345 00:53:21,131 --> 00:53:22,860 ...we ride. 346 00:53:46,590 --> 00:53:49,525 -Let me talk to them, my king. -No. 347 00:53:49,726 --> 00:53:51,193 I will never allow this. 348 00:53:51,361 --> 00:53:55,092 -We will fight them together. -lt is my treasure, my king. 349 00:53:55,265 --> 00:53:58,757 And I feel enough blood's been spilled over it already. 350 00:53:58,935 --> 00:54:03,304 My king, if the dragon slayer can help avoid more bloodshed... 351 00:54:03,473 --> 00:54:05,532 ...then let him. 352 00:54:17,487 --> 00:54:19,955 If he fails, we attack. 353 00:54:20,390 --> 00:54:22,551 Another messenger. 354 00:54:28,565 --> 00:54:31,966 I hear you want something of mine. 355 00:54:32,135 --> 00:54:34,660 I'm the lord of the dragon's gold. 356 00:54:34,904 --> 00:54:38,772 If you want it, you're welcome to try to take it. 357 00:54:38,975 --> 00:54:40,966 But you have to fight me first. 358 00:54:42,078 --> 00:54:45,275 Big words for a blacksmith. 359 00:54:45,448 --> 00:54:48,940 It takes more than gold to make a man worthy to fight a king. 360 00:54:49,152 --> 00:54:52,485 And it takes more than a crown to make a man be a king. 361 00:56:27,784 --> 00:56:30,514 You're nothing more than a Burgund whelp. 362 00:56:31,788 --> 00:56:33,722 Xanten whelp! 363 00:57:05,422 --> 00:57:07,413 You killed my father! 364 00:57:20,437 --> 00:57:25,397 I am Siegfried, son of Siegmund, King of Xanten. 365 00:57:25,575 --> 00:57:28,305 You're beaten. And your kingdoms will be divided... 366 00:57:28,478 --> 00:57:30,810 ...between the Kings of Burgund and Xanten. 367 00:57:33,850 --> 00:57:36,683 I should kill you both for what you did. 368 00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:40,117 But that wouldn't give me any satisfaction. 369 00:57:41,124 --> 00:57:43,684 Just get out of my sight. 370 00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:20,654 I want him tied to the house of Burgund forever. 371 00:58:20,864 --> 00:58:23,560 What do you have in mind, my king? 372 00:58:23,733 --> 00:58:26,463 My sister will marry Siegfried of Xanten. 373 00:58:26,870 --> 00:58:31,170 And I'm sure you will not find this too difficult to arrange. 374 00:58:59,035 --> 00:59:00,764 Go now! 375 00:59:04,774 --> 00:59:07,766 Father, I'm awakened at last. 376 00:59:27,030 --> 00:59:28,725 I finally know who I am. 377 00:59:29,866 --> 00:59:33,893 A king. And worthy, I hope, of a queen. 378 00:59:34,070 --> 00:59:37,301 Come to lceland, my love, and find out. 379 00:59:37,473 --> 00:59:38,804 Soon, my love. 380 00:59:39,576 --> 00:59:43,478 But I've won a mighty treasure, and I wanna bring it home for you. 381 00:59:43,646 --> 00:59:49,141 Siegfried, you are the only treasure that I wish for. 382 00:59:49,452 --> 00:59:52,683 Hurry, my love, I'm waiting. 383 01:00:08,671 --> 01:00:11,663 And now you send for me. What do you want? 384 01:00:11,874 --> 01:00:15,708 Siegfried means to take the treasure to his father's castle in Xanten. 385 01:00:15,878 --> 01:00:17,368 He must be stopped. 386 01:00:17,547 --> 01:00:20,345 From what I hear, a whole army couldn't stop him. 387 01:00:20,550 --> 01:00:22,882 King Gunther wants him bound to Burgund... 388 01:00:23,052 --> 01:00:26,453 ...through marriage to Kriemhild. But there's some other woman. 389 01:00:26,623 --> 01:00:28,113 What do you have in mind? 390 01:00:28,358 --> 01:00:31,794 One of your cantrips, spells or potions. 391 01:00:31,995 --> 01:00:36,364 If he could forget his other love and find the princess attractive instead? 392 01:00:36,532 --> 01:00:39,194 Then the gold stays where it is. 393 01:00:41,137 --> 01:00:42,764 I think I can help you... 394 01:00:42,939 --> 01:00:45,703 -...if the price is right. -What do you want? 395 01:00:45,908 --> 01:00:50,368 That boy took something from me. It looks like a mask. 396 01:00:50,546 --> 01:00:53,982 The man who knows its secret can look like anyone else. 397 01:00:54,150 --> 01:00:57,551 -Siegfried knows that secret. -lnteresting. 398 01:00:57,720 --> 01:01:00,655 Get me the Tarnhelm back, and the potion's yours. 399 01:01:00,890 --> 01:01:02,915 The potion first, thief. 400 01:01:03,292 --> 01:01:06,455 Once I have proof that it works, you'll get your Tarnhelm. 401 01:01:06,663 --> 01:01:09,393 You'll have it the day after tomorrow, my son. 402 01:01:09,799 --> 01:01:12,063 Don't ever call me that. 403 01:01:13,136 --> 01:01:14,626 But my son you are. 404 01:01:14,804 --> 01:01:18,604 If killing you could change it, I would've done so long ago. 405 01:01:45,735 --> 01:01:47,635 As the moon wanes, the heart wanders. 406 01:01:47,804 --> 01:01:50,864 Sweet memories dwindle, the heart grows cold. 407 01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:53,031 Drinking the draught, make new love sweeter. 408 01:01:53,209 --> 01:01:55,234 Past love a memory, withered and old. 409 01:01:58,748 --> 01:02:02,149 Power... Nothing prevaileth, gray iron nor silver. 410 01:02:02,385 --> 01:02:04,046 As the moon wanes, the heart wanders. 411 01:02:04,220 --> 01:02:06,780 Sweet memory dwindles, the heart grows cold. 412 01:02:06,956 --> 01:02:09,151 Drinking the draught, makes new love sweeter. 413 01:02:09,325 --> 01:02:11,384 Past love a memory, withered and old. 414 01:02:11,561 --> 01:02:14,086 Against potion's power, nothing.... 415 01:02:37,987 --> 01:02:39,614 Father? 416 01:02:42,125 --> 01:02:43,717 Father. 417 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:52,963 Father. 418 01:02:55,138 --> 01:02:57,003 What's the matter? 419 01:02:58,407 --> 01:02:59,897 Are you sick? 420 01:03:00,076 --> 01:03:03,341 If old age is a sickness, yes. 421 01:03:04,781 --> 01:03:07,011 You've just been working for a long time. 422 01:03:08,184 --> 01:03:10,209 But there's no need to work anymore. 423 01:03:10,386 --> 01:03:12,217 There's all the gold we ever need. 424 01:03:12,388 --> 01:03:15,186 Don't tempt me with gold, son. 425 01:03:15,591 --> 01:03:17,456 Iron is my metal. 426 01:03:17,960 --> 01:03:21,953 You're just tired, Father, that's all. I'll get you something to eat. 427 01:03:22,165 --> 01:03:23,792 "Father." 428 01:03:24,033 --> 01:03:26,433 Can you still call me that? 429 01:03:26,602 --> 01:03:30,163 Your true father was a king. 430 01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:32,735 You knew? 431 01:03:32,909 --> 01:03:35,241 I suspected it. 432 01:03:35,578 --> 01:03:39,571 I saw the mark of the royal house on your tunic. 433 01:03:39,749 --> 01:03:44,618 And later I learned that the Twin Kings were looking for the lost son... 434 01:03:44,787 --> 01:03:46,687 ...but never found him. 435 01:03:47,890 --> 01:03:50,381 Because you gave me another name to protect me. 436 01:03:51,060 --> 01:03:54,826 It would be a lie to say that that was the only reason. 437 01:03:55,331 --> 01:03:57,424 You see, I never had a wife. 438 01:03:57,633 --> 01:04:01,160 But with you, I got a son. 439 01:04:01,337 --> 01:04:02,827 And.... 440 01:04:03,806 --> 01:04:06,400 And it was such a joy to be a father. 441 01:04:07,243 --> 01:04:08,710 Your father. 442 01:04:08,911 --> 01:04:11,072 And I've always been proud of you. 443 01:04:11,247 --> 01:04:12,976 I wanted you to know that. 444 01:04:14,083 --> 01:04:20,022 And whatever I am, it's because of what you taught me. 445 01:04:20,489 --> 01:04:25,188 You and your queen are children of the old world too. 446 01:04:25,361 --> 01:04:28,057 ...together wherever it leads you. 447 01:04:28,397 --> 01:04:31,924 I'll bring my love with me to Xanten as my wife. 448 01:04:32,101 --> 01:04:33,932 I promise you. 449 01:04:36,005 --> 01:04:37,996 But you're gonna come with me. 450 01:04:41,077 --> 01:04:44,740 I have no more traveling left in me. 451 01:04:44,914 --> 01:04:47,508 I have hardly even breath anymore. 452 01:04:48,417 --> 01:04:50,908 There's still so much for you to do. 453 01:04:51,120 --> 01:04:53,520 So many swords to make. 454 01:04:53,723 --> 01:04:56,783 My best blade is forged. 455 01:04:56,959 --> 01:05:00,156 There's no need to bother with lesser ones. 456 01:05:02,832 --> 01:05:05,130 My throat is dry, son. 457 01:05:05,301 --> 01:05:08,964 That drink you said you were going to get me, I could use that now. 458 01:05:12,375 --> 01:05:15,936 Of course, Father. I'll be right back. 459 01:05:36,232 --> 01:05:37,961 Father? 460 01:05:38,567 --> 01:05:40,364 Father! 461 01:05:52,481 --> 01:05:54,073 Beasts die... 462 01:05:54,250 --> 01:05:55,808 ...and men die. 463 01:05:56,919 --> 01:06:00,514 All who walk the earth must die. 464 01:06:00,690 --> 01:06:03,659 But the true hero never dies. 465 01:06:04,560 --> 01:06:08,826 In our memory he will live forever. 466 01:06:19,375 --> 01:06:21,605 My love. 467 01:06:21,777 --> 01:06:25,178 So near to my heart and my mind. 468 01:06:25,348 --> 01:06:29,284 Yet so far from my arms and my body. 469 01:06:29,452 --> 01:06:31,886 How much longer? 470 01:06:32,054 --> 01:06:34,215 How much farther? 471 01:06:46,736 --> 01:06:48,067 King Siegfried of Xanten. 472 01:06:48,237 --> 01:06:50,398 I came to thank you for your hospitality. 473 01:06:50,573 --> 01:06:52,564 You are always welcome. 474 01:06:52,742 --> 01:06:55,575 I know that the treasure has brought your kingdom... 475 01:06:55,745 --> 01:06:58,942 ...misfortune and bloodshed, and for that, I apologize. 476 01:06:59,115 --> 01:07:00,446 Please, Siegfried. 477 01:07:01,217 --> 01:07:03,913 Many wars are fought over gold and treasure. 478 01:07:04,253 --> 01:07:07,984 No army ever waged war with a hero such as you among them. 479 01:07:08,157 --> 01:07:10,455 You didn't destroy lives, you saved them. 480 01:07:10,626 --> 01:07:13,459 You have done the kingdom of Burgund a great service. 481 01:07:13,629 --> 01:07:16,223 -Thank you, my king. -King Siegfried. 482 01:07:17,133 --> 01:07:20,534 Would you join us in a toast before you leave? 483 01:07:22,438 --> 01:07:24,872 This is a special wine of Burgund... 484 01:07:25,041 --> 01:07:27,271 ...mixed with spices. 485 01:07:29,311 --> 01:07:31,438 To Siegfried of Xanten. 486 01:07:31,614 --> 01:07:34,606 To the hero who arrived a blacksmith... 487 01:07:34,784 --> 01:07:36,979 ...and leaves a king. 488 01:07:37,153 --> 01:07:39,986 -King Siegfried of Xanten. -King Siegfried of Xanten. 489 01:07:54,070 --> 01:07:55,833 Good wine. 490 01:08:01,043 --> 01:08:04,535 Though the spices give it a strange flavor. 491 01:08:42,952 --> 01:08:46,410 Where are Gunther and Hagen? 492 01:08:46,589 --> 01:08:48,454 They left. 493 01:08:51,227 --> 01:08:53,388 Will you make it again for me sometime... 494 01:08:53,562 --> 01:08:55,257 ...only with less cinnamon? 495 01:08:55,431 --> 01:08:57,626 Of course I will. 496 01:08:58,100 --> 01:09:00,330 But first I must confess something. 497 01:09:00,769 --> 01:09:02,100 What? 498 01:09:03,572 --> 01:09:06,234 At the dragon feast... 499 01:09:06,942 --> 01:09:11,276 ...you told a masked girl that your heart was already pledged to somebody else. 500 01:09:11,447 --> 01:09:13,244 So it was you. 501 01:09:14,150 --> 01:09:16,209 Forgive me. 502 01:09:17,419 --> 01:09:19,717 I couldn't say anything because... 503 01:09:19,889 --> 01:09:21,652 Please... 504 01:09:22,424 --> 01:09:23,982 ...it doesn't matter... 505 01:09:27,363 --> 01:09:28,796 ...because I love you. 506 01:09:32,801 --> 01:09:35,099 I don't know why it never occurred... 507 01:09:35,271 --> 01:09:37,865 Nothing matters now. 508 01:09:39,441 --> 01:09:41,636 Except that you love me. 509 01:09:46,916 --> 01:09:49,146 And I love you. 510 01:10:47,843 --> 01:10:50,744 Where might my raven be? 511 01:10:53,082 --> 01:10:56,540 I'm proud that Burgund has won you as brother-in-law. 512 01:10:56,719 --> 01:11:02,089 Nobody could bring more honor to our kingdom than you, Siegfried of Xanten. 513 01:11:02,825 --> 01:11:07,592 I want to make your sister my queen before I return to my kingdom. 514 01:11:09,031 --> 01:11:11,556 Unfortunately, in our kingdom... 515 01:11:11,734 --> 01:11:15,761 ...the law decrees that the king must marry before any of his siblings. 516 01:11:16,205 --> 01:11:18,571 How long do we have to wait then? 517 01:11:19,275 --> 01:11:21,539 It's not that simple. 518 01:11:21,710 --> 01:11:25,510 The queen I desire is a beautiful and powerful woman... 519 01:11:25,681 --> 01:11:28,479 ...who challenges her suitors to single combat. 520 01:11:28,684 --> 01:11:32,745 Till now, nobody has proved strong enough to defeat her. 521 01:11:32,988 --> 01:11:38,290 -And who is this powerful woman? -Her name's Brunhild, Queen of lceland. 522 01:11:45,200 --> 01:11:47,134 I've met her once. 523 01:11:47,703 --> 01:11:49,500 You know her? 524 01:11:51,507 --> 01:11:53,065 Yes. 525 01:11:53,275 --> 01:11:56,540 Her ship sailed by our smithy one day. 526 01:11:56,712 --> 01:11:59,613 How could I forget? She is of extraordinary beauty. 527 01:12:00,449 --> 01:12:02,576 You said you've met her? 528 01:12:05,054 --> 01:12:06,385 I did. 529 01:12:06,555 --> 01:12:12,494 That night a star fell from the sky into the forest near our smithy... 530 01:12:12,661 --> 01:12:16,097 ...and we met by the crater it made, and we fought. 531 01:12:16,398 --> 01:12:17,729 But why? 532 01:12:20,035 --> 01:12:23,402 I mistook her for a Saxon and wrestled her down. 533 01:12:23,839 --> 01:12:27,138 You mistook the Queen of lceland for a Saxon? 534 01:12:27,309 --> 01:12:28,901 How did she react? 535 01:12:32,815 --> 01:12:35,648 She was a little surprised, that's all. 536 01:12:38,554 --> 01:12:39,953 Siegfried... 537 01:12:40,122 --> 01:12:42,352 ...she is the woman I wish to marry. 538 01:12:43,359 --> 01:12:47,295 Would you help me win her for Burgund's queen? 539 01:12:48,430 --> 01:12:50,193 How? 540 01:12:52,434 --> 01:12:54,299 By fighting her in my stead. 541 01:12:57,106 --> 01:12:58,869 Wouldn't she notice? 542 01:13:01,443 --> 01:13:05,140 Not if you wear that magic helmet of yours. 543 01:13:12,821 --> 01:13:17,281 -These powers shouldn't be misused. -You're the man who could defeat her. 544 01:13:19,361 --> 01:13:22,888 King Gunther has given you his only sister in marriage. 545 01:13:23,098 --> 01:13:26,192 Will you not help him win a queen for himself? 546 01:13:26,802 --> 01:13:29,168 Think, Siegfried. 547 01:13:29,905 --> 01:13:32,032 If Brunhild and I marry... 548 01:13:32,207 --> 01:13:36,507 ...you and Kriemhild can be married the very same day. 549 01:13:59,134 --> 01:14:02,535 I knew what the wagons were carrying when they came... 550 01:14:02,704 --> 01:14:06,162 ...but I had no idea it could look so beautiful. 551 01:14:06,942 --> 01:14:08,773 It's yours. 552 01:14:10,279 --> 01:14:12,247 Mine? 553 01:14:13,182 --> 01:14:16,674 The treasure is my wedding gift to you. 554 01:14:21,256 --> 01:14:23,156 But this ring... 555 01:14:25,961 --> 01:14:28,657 ...is the symbol of our love. 556 01:14:33,869 --> 01:14:37,032 Wear it till I come back from lceland. 557 01:14:40,542 --> 01:14:43,306 Every day without you will be an eternity. 558 01:14:44,546 --> 01:14:46,571 Come back soon. 559 01:14:46,982 --> 01:14:50,179 And bring my brother back safely. 560 01:15:53,482 --> 01:15:57,680 Welcome to my country, tamer of the fire and the elements. 561 01:16:02,391 --> 01:16:04,484 At last you found your way to me. 562 01:16:09,464 --> 01:16:12,627 The dragon slayer's fame reaches even here. 563 01:16:14,503 --> 01:16:17,768 It is not I who come to challenge you, great queen. 564 01:16:22,878 --> 01:16:24,709 It is King Gunther of Burgund... 565 01:16:25,180 --> 01:16:26,670 ...who seeks your hand. 566 01:16:26,848 --> 01:16:28,213 I only serve him. 567 01:16:31,687 --> 01:16:33,882 My queen... 568 01:16:34,656 --> 01:16:38,057 ...I come here to seek your hand in marriage. 569 01:16:57,212 --> 01:17:00,704 We will fight a duel of double-bladed axes. 570 01:17:00,882 --> 01:17:02,713 If you win... 571 01:17:03,585 --> 01:17:05,951 ...I will wed you. 572 01:17:06,121 --> 01:17:08,214 If I win... 573 01:17:08,390 --> 01:17:10,255 ...it will cost you your life. 574 01:17:14,596 --> 01:17:16,860 If I fail to make you my wife... 575 01:17:17,032 --> 01:17:19,398 ...I will die gladly. 576 01:17:32,948 --> 01:17:35,382 The contest commences in one hour. 577 01:18:14,022 --> 01:18:15,922 The dragon slayer doesn't join you? 578 01:18:16,324 --> 01:18:19,316 He's already preparing the ship for our return. 579 01:18:21,029 --> 01:18:22,929 The axes. 580 01:18:32,207 --> 01:18:34,869 You can still sail back to Burgund alive. 581 01:20:04,065 --> 01:20:06,056 There! 582 01:20:19,714 --> 01:20:21,045 Come on! 583 01:20:22,184 --> 01:20:23,708 Here! 584 01:20:24,085 --> 01:20:25,746 Come on! 585 01:21:21,409 --> 01:21:23,604 Bow to my future husband... 586 01:21:23,812 --> 01:21:26,246 ...the King of Burgund. 587 01:21:28,116 --> 01:21:29,583 Now the King of lceland. 588 01:21:39,828 --> 01:21:41,420 Noble Siegfried... 589 01:21:41,630 --> 01:21:45,623 ...ever since you came to Burgund in the guise of a humble blacksmith... 590 01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:48,462 ...many good things have happened in our kingdom. 591 01:21:50,772 --> 01:21:54,139 Around this table are the two men I love most in the world. 592 01:21:54,709 --> 01:21:56,870 Giselher is my brother by birth. 593 01:21:57,312 --> 01:21:59,007 And it would please me... 594 01:21:59,214 --> 01:22:03,116 ...if you would become our brother by blood. 595 01:22:34,482 --> 01:22:37,747 The dragon's blood made my skin impenetrable. 596 01:22:38,653 --> 01:22:41,713 But I guess tonight is a night for trust. 597 01:22:44,626 --> 01:22:46,890 This... 598 01:22:47,128 --> 01:22:50,655 ...is the only place where I can be wounded. 599 01:23:06,514 --> 01:23:09,915 And now both of you share the greatest secret I have. 600 01:23:19,728 --> 01:23:24,290 This cup will hold no lesser drink than the blood of brotherhood. 601 01:23:25,200 --> 01:23:27,430 It will be raised in no lesser toast. 602 01:23:27,669 --> 01:23:33,039 And may those who betray that trust die, dishonored and accursed. 603 01:24:48,383 --> 01:24:50,544 People of Burgund! 604 01:24:50,752 --> 01:24:52,481 Your queen! 605 01:25:02,464 --> 01:25:05,262 I present my sister, Kriemhild. 606 01:25:05,467 --> 01:25:08,493 I'll be a sister to you as well. 607 01:25:25,520 --> 01:25:29,286 We will celebrate two weddings on one day. 608 01:25:52,514 --> 01:25:55,176 Where's my Tarnhelm? 609 01:25:56,317 --> 01:25:58,182 We're not done with it yet. 610 01:25:58,353 --> 01:26:00,184 You can have it in due course. 611 01:26:00,388 --> 01:26:02,515 That wasn't the deal, Hagen. 612 01:26:04,425 --> 01:26:08,623 -We're not sure if it worked. -lt worked! It worked! 613 01:26:10,331 --> 01:26:12,856 Now you're trying to cheat me! 614 01:26:13,034 --> 01:26:16,936 Perhaps I should find a way to have a little talk with the king. 615 01:26:18,139 --> 01:26:21,597 No need for that. 616 01:26:21,776 --> 01:26:23,266 I'll do it! 617 01:27:18,333 --> 01:27:20,267 Queen Brunhild. 618 01:27:20,602 --> 01:27:24,538 -Can I help you? -I waited for you. 619 01:27:25,340 --> 01:27:27,205 As I said I would. 620 01:27:29,644 --> 01:27:31,544 Siegfried... 621 01:27:32,547 --> 01:27:34,447 ...what happened? 622 01:27:37,552 --> 01:27:44,116 Did you find you couldn't love a queen as well as you did a passing stranger? 623 01:27:45,693 --> 01:27:47,524 Or was it the gold? 624 01:27:48,062 --> 01:27:51,463 That has turned many hearts cold before. 625 01:27:51,733 --> 01:27:53,064 I don't know. 626 01:27:53,234 --> 01:27:58,137 Who shall I ask why you loved me then, and you don't love me now? 627 01:28:00,208 --> 01:28:02,142 I didn't. 628 01:28:04,512 --> 01:28:06,571 Don't lie to me. 629 01:28:07,882 --> 01:28:10,942 You cannot claim you didn't love me then. 630 01:28:11,552 --> 01:28:13,986 It was your first time, blacksmith. 631 01:28:14,155 --> 01:28:15,645 And mine as well. 632 01:28:17,325 --> 01:28:20,954 And I knew then that the gods had sent you to me... 633 01:28:21,996 --> 01:28:24,055 ...and me to you. 634 01:28:24,699 --> 01:28:26,690 And you knew it too. 635 01:28:28,269 --> 01:28:29,827 Does that mean nothing? 636 01:28:32,707 --> 01:28:34,698 That's not how I remember it. 637 01:28:36,277 --> 01:28:37,938 And you never... 638 01:28:38,112 --> 01:28:39,739 ...Ioved me? 639 01:28:40,982 --> 01:28:43,177 Even though you said you did? 640 01:28:44,619 --> 01:28:46,610 I was a boy then. 641 01:28:47,755 --> 01:28:50,781 If this is what manhood brings... 642 01:28:50,992 --> 01:28:54,587 ...I only wish I'd learned this lesson sooner. 643 01:28:55,630 --> 01:28:58,064 But it's too late now. 644 01:28:58,232 --> 01:29:00,700 Perhaps I should pray... 645 01:29:00,868 --> 01:29:04,531 ...that l, too, will remember our love so little. 646 01:29:05,039 --> 01:29:08,531 Because I will never know joy again... 647 01:29:08,943 --> 01:29:11,468 ...till I forget... 648 01:29:11,646 --> 01:29:13,807 ...or you remember. 649 01:30:18,479 --> 01:30:20,640 King Gunther... 650 01:30:21,649 --> 01:30:26,484 ...do you take Brunhild as your wife and queen? 651 01:30:26,654 --> 01:30:28,315 I do. 652 01:30:28,523 --> 01:30:30,491 And do you, Brunhild... 653 01:30:30,691 --> 01:30:36,095 ...accept my king as your rightful husband and lord? 654 01:30:48,776 --> 01:30:50,505 I do. 655 01:30:50,978 --> 01:30:53,674 Do you, Kriemhild... 656 01:30:53,881 --> 01:30:58,841 ...take Siegfried as your lawful wedded husband? 657 01:30:59,554 --> 01:31:00,953 I do. 658 01:31:01,122 --> 01:31:02,680 King Siegfried... 659 01:31:02,857 --> 01:31:06,759 ...do you take Kriemhild as your lawful wedded wife? 660 01:31:09,297 --> 01:31:10,992 I do. 661 01:31:11,199 --> 01:31:12,723 I now pronounce you... 662 01:31:12,934 --> 01:31:15,425 ...man and wife. 663 01:32:07,855 --> 01:32:09,755 This warlike display... 664 01:32:09,957 --> 01:32:13,449 ...shows our Burgund swords and warriors at their finest. 665 01:32:13,828 --> 01:32:17,320 They could only be bettered by the great Queen Brunhild... 666 01:32:17,498 --> 01:32:21,594 ...and the extraordinary King Gunther. 667 01:32:25,172 --> 01:32:29,768 Those few of us who were privileged to travel with King Gunther to lceland... 668 01:32:29,944 --> 01:32:33,471 ...witnessed a display of incomparable skills. 669 01:32:33,814 --> 01:32:37,944 And King Gunther was the only man who could match... 670 01:32:38,152 --> 01:32:40,484 ...his beautiful queen in her challenge. 671 01:32:40,655 --> 01:32:41,986 Siegfried could. 672 01:32:48,362 --> 01:32:50,660 But Siegfried didn't. 673 01:32:51,999 --> 01:32:53,489 Would he like to try? 674 01:32:58,973 --> 01:33:01,703 It would be an honor... 675 01:33:01,876 --> 01:33:03,741 ...Queen Brunhild. 676 01:33:15,122 --> 01:33:17,056 What weapons shall we choose then? 677 01:33:17,692 --> 01:33:20,388 Weapons that were forged from the same ore... 678 01:33:20,628 --> 01:33:22,391 ...and have never been crossed. 679 01:33:22,830 --> 01:33:24,991 My spear... 680 01:33:26,067 --> 01:33:27,625 ...and your sword. 681 01:35:05,633 --> 01:35:07,430 Thank you... 682 01:35:07,601 --> 01:35:10,593 ...for this chance to recognize my limits. 683 01:36:09,196 --> 01:36:12,165 -What happened? -I was tired. 684 01:36:12,333 --> 01:36:15,496 -I decided to lie down. -That's not what I meant. 685 01:36:16,036 --> 01:36:18,527 -Why did you leave without me? -Siegfried. 686 01:36:19,039 --> 01:36:21,405 -ln front of everyone. -But you won. 687 01:36:21,575 --> 01:36:22,974 He let me win. 688 01:36:23,144 --> 01:36:26,705 I know a feigned defeat from an honest victory. 689 01:36:27,214 --> 01:36:29,808 He was lucky, that's all. 690 01:36:30,017 --> 01:36:34,511 He probably gave up so he didn't go to his marriage bed covered with bruises. 691 01:36:49,436 --> 01:36:52,599 You're the only woman I've ever really wanted. 692 01:36:59,547 --> 01:37:01,811 And you have me. 693 01:37:05,019 --> 01:37:07,044 Or do you? 694 01:37:21,635 --> 01:37:23,466 You want me, my strong husband? 695 01:37:23,704 --> 01:37:25,968 I'm waiting. 696 01:37:26,240 --> 01:37:27,798 No more of this, my queen. 697 01:37:27,975 --> 01:37:31,206 I've drunk too much tonight to deal with such foolishness. 698 01:37:31,378 --> 01:37:34,541 -The man who defeated me hadn't. -What? 699 01:37:36,050 --> 01:37:38,245 Or maybe you had been drinking. 700 01:37:39,086 --> 01:37:42,544 Some magical potion to give you strength, perhaps? 701 01:37:43,157 --> 01:37:46,593 Well, I'll let you in on a little secret: 702 01:37:46,794 --> 01:37:48,284 My strength... 703 01:37:48,462 --> 01:37:51,625 ...is a gift from the gods. 704 01:37:51,799 --> 01:37:54,495 And it lies in this belt. 705 01:37:55,736 --> 01:37:59,934 Once you've removed it, you'll find a yielding maiden in your arms. 706 01:38:10,918 --> 01:38:15,287 Can the man who survived my challenge not survive his own wedding night? 707 01:38:29,136 --> 01:38:30,535 Brunhild, stop. 708 01:38:31,338 --> 01:38:33,169 Untie me. 709 01:38:33,407 --> 01:38:36,001 Stop this. Untie me. 710 01:38:37,044 --> 01:38:38,807 Untie me right now. 711 01:38:41,949 --> 01:38:45,316 -Be quiet now. -Wife, are you mad? 712 01:38:45,519 --> 01:38:47,783 Let me loose! 713 01:38:54,495 --> 01:38:56,224 Don't you think Brunhild's beautiful? 714 01:38:56,397 --> 01:38:57,989 All right, yes, she's beautiful. 715 01:38:58,165 --> 01:39:00,759 -But it's a hard beauty. -You noticed it then. 716 01:39:00,935 --> 01:39:03,563 -What? -That coldness. 717 01:39:03,737 --> 01:39:05,898 The angry way she looks at us. 718 01:39:06,073 --> 01:39:09,736 Well, she's certainly angry about being defeated by Gunther. 719 01:39:11,011 --> 01:39:14,174 I don't think she likes me much. 720 01:39:15,416 --> 01:39:20,547 Well, maybe because you won your husband without having to fight him. 721 01:39:37,871 --> 01:39:39,600 Brunhild... 722 01:39:39,773 --> 01:39:43,072 ...please don't let the servants see me like this. 723 01:39:43,277 --> 01:39:47,611 -I'll never try to subdue you again. -Then let this be a lesson to you. 724 01:39:47,848 --> 01:39:54,276 I might be captive in this gilded cage, but I will never be your wife. 725 01:40:01,929 --> 01:40:07,799 I'm only asking you to take her belt, not substitute for me in some other way. 726 01:40:12,272 --> 01:40:16,003 You'd refuse to help the man who gave you his own sister? 727 01:40:30,891 --> 01:40:32,882 Good night, my king. 728 01:40:44,238 --> 01:40:47,366 I just want us to be happy together... 729 01:40:47,941 --> 01:40:49,932 ...to be man and wife. 730 01:41:03,023 --> 01:41:05,753 Look at you, my king. 731 01:41:05,926 --> 01:41:09,020 You are a match for me, are you not? 732 01:41:10,464 --> 01:41:13,627 After all, you defeated me in lceland. 733 01:41:20,607 --> 01:41:22,199 Well, well... 734 01:41:22,409 --> 01:41:25,435 ...my king regains his steel. 735 01:41:25,612 --> 01:41:28,706 Strange how it comes and goes without warning. 736 01:41:28,916 --> 01:41:32,283 Listen, I don't wanna fight. 737 01:41:32,453 --> 01:41:35,354 -I love you. -Prove it. 738 01:41:58,946 --> 01:42:01,312 That's what I needed to know. 739 01:42:11,959 --> 01:42:14,154 Siegfried? 740 01:42:26,273 --> 01:42:28,104 Now you can be my husband. 741 01:42:40,621 --> 01:42:42,987 Where are you going? 742 01:42:43,624 --> 01:42:46,184 To get rid of this pagan witchery. 743 01:42:46,360 --> 01:42:47,987 And when I return... 744 01:42:48,195 --> 01:42:50,629 ...I expect you to be my wife. 745 01:43:14,488 --> 01:43:16,615 Where have you been? 746 01:43:17,391 --> 01:43:19,018 Kriemhild. 747 01:43:19,193 --> 01:43:21,184 Why aren't you in bed? 748 01:43:21,361 --> 01:43:23,795 I woke up and you weren't there. 749 01:43:24,031 --> 01:43:27,523 I couldn't get back to sleep without you, so I waited. 750 01:43:28,235 --> 01:43:30,135 What's that in your hand? 751 01:43:30,370 --> 01:43:32,895 Nothing important. 752 01:43:36,376 --> 01:43:38,640 Let me see. 753 01:43:44,084 --> 01:43:46,143 A woman's belt? 754 01:43:48,255 --> 01:43:49,950 Why try to hide it? 755 01:43:50,958 --> 01:43:52,789 It's not what you think. 756 01:43:53,026 --> 01:43:55,017 We've only been married one day. 757 01:43:58,732 --> 01:44:01,064 All I can tell you is... 758 01:44:01,235 --> 01:44:02,725 ...your brother needed me. 759 01:44:02,903 --> 01:44:04,495 What for? 760 01:44:04,671 --> 01:44:06,798 That I cannot tell you. 761 01:44:06,974 --> 01:44:08,839 Why not? 762 01:44:10,177 --> 01:44:11,735 I promised not to. 763 01:44:14,581 --> 01:44:18,745 I swear before all the gods that I remain your true and faithful husband. 764 01:44:18,919 --> 01:44:21,149 So why won't you answer my questions? 765 01:44:21,321 --> 01:44:26,349 What help did my brother need that took you from your bed at this hour? 766 01:44:26,560 --> 01:44:31,020 And what kind of help leaves a woman's belt in your hand? 767 01:44:31,198 --> 01:44:36,431 If I told you, I would be breaking a vow of the utmost secrecy. 768 01:44:36,603 --> 01:44:37,934 Break it. 769 01:44:57,824 --> 01:45:02,124 -Open the doors for us, please. -I cannot do that, my lady. 770 01:45:02,296 --> 01:45:05,493 -Cannot? Why not? -We have orders from the queen. 771 01:45:05,699 --> 01:45:07,030 What? 772 01:45:07,200 --> 01:45:10,863 No one may enter the church until the Queen of the Burgunds does so. 773 01:45:11,038 --> 01:45:15,304 -You must be joking. Open the doors. -We cannot, Lady Kriemhild. 774 01:45:28,355 --> 01:45:31,813 How dare you order the doors of this place closed to me? 775 01:45:31,992 --> 01:45:33,926 I am the king's own sister. 776 01:45:34,127 --> 01:45:35,754 And I am his wife... 777 01:45:35,929 --> 01:45:37,863 ...Queen of all Burgund. 778 01:45:38,031 --> 01:45:42,161 It is only right that I should enter before other, lesser royals. 779 01:45:42,903 --> 01:45:47,272 -Step aside and let your queen pass. -You're no queen of mine, Brunhild. 780 01:45:47,507 --> 01:45:50,772 And how dare you refer to my husband as lesser than anyone? 781 01:45:51,011 --> 01:45:54,640 He even introduced himself in lceland as Gunther's servant. 782 01:45:56,516 --> 01:46:00,282 He served your husband well when he defeated you last night. 783 01:46:08,195 --> 01:46:10,561 -What did you say? -You heard me. 784 01:46:11,164 --> 01:46:14,930 And it was also my husband who conquered you in lceland. 785 01:46:24,878 --> 01:46:29,372 You insult the Queen of Burgund in public with these lies? 786 01:46:29,549 --> 01:46:33,246 So first I'm a servant's wife, and now I'm a liar? 787 01:46:33,420 --> 01:46:35,047 Do you recognize this? 788 01:46:38,959 --> 01:46:40,893 -Who gave you that? -My husband. 789 01:46:41,061 --> 01:46:42,460 Do you believe me now? 790 01:46:42,629 --> 01:46:47,123 He took it from you last night, in your own bedroom. 791 01:46:47,601 --> 01:46:50,832 It surprises me that you couldn't tell. 792 01:46:51,505 --> 01:46:54,565 Now get out of my way. 793 01:47:41,388 --> 01:47:45,119 I don't understand how you could reveal my most intimate secret... 794 01:47:45,325 --> 01:47:49,819 ...and your brother's, in front of the whole of Burgund. 795 01:47:49,996 --> 01:47:53,693 Kriemhild, I only broke my vow because I counted on your discretion. 796 01:47:53,867 --> 01:47:56,802 I know. I'm sorry. Please forgive me. 797 01:47:58,672 --> 01:48:00,697 I love you more than life. 798 01:48:00,907 --> 01:48:06,038 Now I'm terrified something awful will happen, and somehow we'll be parted. 799 01:48:14,521 --> 01:48:16,386 No more tears. 800 01:48:19,392 --> 01:48:23,522 In two days, we'll be far away from this place... 801 01:48:23,697 --> 01:48:26,325 ...far away from your brother and his marriage. 802 01:48:26,500 --> 01:48:32,700 He was wrong to make you a part of it. He took advantage of your loyalty. 803 01:48:32,906 --> 01:48:35,306 But it's over now. 804 01:48:35,709 --> 01:48:39,008 I'll attend the hunt with him, and we'll part as friends. 805 01:48:39,179 --> 01:48:42,740 Today, I'll give orders for the gold to be loaded onto our ship. 806 01:48:42,916 --> 01:48:44,577 As soon as the hunt is done... 807 01:48:44,818 --> 01:48:49,448 -...we can be on our way. -Can't it be done any sooner? 808 01:48:49,623 --> 01:48:51,591 I wish... 809 01:48:52,259 --> 01:48:55,387 ...but we cannot give your brother the impression... 810 01:48:55,562 --> 01:48:58,827 ...that we leave bearing him ill will. 811 01:49:06,206 --> 01:49:09,107 -I told you he wasn't to be trusted. -Never mind that. 812 01:49:09,276 --> 01:49:12,040 What justice can I administer to put this right? 813 01:49:12,212 --> 01:49:17,741 The simple justice laid down in our books of law may not be sufficient. 814 01:49:17,951 --> 01:49:21,250 Siegfried has used magic to help you, it's true. 815 01:49:21,721 --> 01:49:24,212 But what other use has he made of it? 816 01:49:24,391 --> 01:49:27,053 You've heard the people praise him more than you. 817 01:49:27,494 --> 01:49:29,758 Now he has your sister's hand in marriage. 818 01:49:29,930 --> 01:49:32,763 He has a legitimate claim to the throne of Burgund. 819 01:49:32,966 --> 01:49:35,059 What's he planning next, my king? 820 01:49:35,235 --> 01:49:38,762 -Your downfall? -You said the presence of that hoard... 821 01:49:38,939 --> 01:49:40,930 ...in my chamber would bring me good. 822 01:49:41,107 --> 01:49:46,306 Even if the queen begets a child by you, every tongue in Burgund will wag... 823 01:49:46,479 --> 01:49:50,279 ...with the gossip that it's really Siegfried's bastard. 824 01:49:52,252 --> 01:49:56,916 The kingdom is already rife with the scandal. It won't go away. 825 01:49:57,090 --> 01:50:02,027 It will taint you and your house till the end of your days... 826 01:50:02,596 --> 01:50:05,326 ...unless something is done. 827 01:50:09,135 --> 01:50:11,296 I'll end the alliance and send him away. 828 01:50:11,504 --> 01:50:14,940 -Let him live out his days in Xanten. -It's not enough. 829 01:50:20,280 --> 01:50:23,613 You may not care if men scorn you as a weakling and a cuckold. 830 01:50:23,783 --> 01:50:29,221 But what about me? I was betrayed by the dragon slayer and by you. 831 01:50:29,422 --> 01:50:32,721 I am the Queen of lceland and Burgund. 832 01:50:33,059 --> 01:50:36,324 I will not be dishonored. I will be avenged. 833 01:50:37,931 --> 01:50:41,367 There is only one punishment fit for such a crime. 834 01:50:42,569 --> 01:50:44,628 What would you have me do? 835 01:50:46,239 --> 01:50:47,831 It's very simple. 836 01:50:51,211 --> 01:50:52,803 Siegfried must die. 837 01:50:58,952 --> 01:51:01,648 You can't mean it. 838 01:51:03,490 --> 01:51:04,957 He's my friend. 839 01:51:05,392 --> 01:51:07,451 More than my friend... 840 01:51:07,861 --> 01:51:10,056 ...my blood brother. 841 01:51:11,698 --> 01:51:15,566 After what we've shared, a betrayal like that.... 842 01:51:15,735 --> 01:51:17,362 I can't just have him killed. 843 01:51:18,204 --> 01:51:20,001 Either you kill him... 844 01:51:20,173 --> 01:51:22,107 ...or I kill myself. 845 01:51:40,126 --> 01:51:42,026 My king... 846 01:51:42,195 --> 01:51:48,031 ...perhaps his punishment could come about accidentally at the hunt. 847 01:51:48,201 --> 01:51:50,192 You know Siegfried is invincible. 848 01:51:50,870 --> 01:51:53,703 And you know as well as l that he is not. 849 01:53:13,953 --> 01:53:15,443 Queen Brunhild? 850 01:53:17,257 --> 01:53:20,818 Queen Brunhild, please let me talk to you. 851 01:53:24,364 --> 01:53:27,891 I have something that's rightfully yours which I must return. 852 01:53:53,960 --> 01:53:56,690 Indeed you have something that is rightfully mine. 853 01:53:57,463 --> 01:54:00,796 But it is far too late for you to return it. 854 01:54:10,844 --> 01:54:13,779 You Christians make much of forgiveness. 855 01:54:13,980 --> 01:54:18,314 -Don't look for such in me. -I don't, Queen Brunhild. 856 01:54:19,352 --> 01:54:22,219 All I can do is say how bitter my sorrow is... 857 01:54:22,388 --> 01:54:25,721 ...for the way I treated you in front of the cathedral. 858 01:54:26,426 --> 01:54:27,825 I was jealous. 859 01:54:28,428 --> 01:54:33,923 And when I thought of what seemed to be happening, I couldn't bear it. 860 01:54:45,378 --> 01:54:50,338 Once I loved a man who I thought the gods themselves had sent me. 861 01:54:51,517 --> 01:54:56,284 I loved the whole world because he was in it. 862 01:54:56,456 --> 01:54:58,822 Long we were parted... 863 01:54:59,025 --> 01:55:01,960 ...but I could bear it... 864 01:55:02,128 --> 01:55:05,188 ...because I knew he would return one day. 865 01:55:06,599 --> 01:55:08,965 But when he came again... 866 01:55:10,703 --> 01:55:14,833 ...it was as if his heart had been wiped clean. 867 01:55:16,276 --> 01:55:18,471 I loved him as I had... 868 01:55:19,545 --> 01:55:22,571 ...but he did not love me. 869 01:55:22,949 --> 01:55:25,076 We were strangers... 870 01:55:25,251 --> 01:55:27,651 ...as before we had been... 871 01:55:27,854 --> 01:55:29,253 ...Iovers. 872 01:55:29,422 --> 01:55:30,616 Siegfried? 873 01:55:38,298 --> 01:55:40,562 Siegfried. 874 01:55:44,904 --> 01:55:47,464 Brunhild, I have done you a terrible wrong. 875 01:55:47,674 --> 01:55:50,575 -Let us speak no more of the cathedral. -I am not. 876 01:55:50,743 --> 01:55:53,769 I speak of something far worse. 877 01:55:55,448 --> 01:55:57,177 What are you talking about? 878 01:55:58,184 --> 01:56:01,119 You have done me no other great harm. 879 01:56:04,490 --> 01:56:07,653 Once I loved a man who did not love me. 880 01:56:08,962 --> 01:56:13,592 And I could not bear it, for the world was an empty place without him. 881 01:56:14,434 --> 01:56:18,894 So when Hagen came to me with an unholy thing... 882 01:56:19,205 --> 01:56:23,301 ...that would banish the memory of old loves and plant a new one there... 883 01:56:23,843 --> 01:56:27,973 ...I blinded myself to what was right and gave it to that man to drink. 884 01:56:29,015 --> 01:56:31,779 It was Hagen's magic. Siegfried never knew. 885 01:56:31,951 --> 01:56:36,888 And even if he did, there would be nothing he could do against it. 886 01:56:37,056 --> 01:56:40,651 That is my great sin against you... 887 01:56:41,961 --> 01:56:43,428 ...and him. 888 01:56:43,863 --> 01:56:48,527 And I will do penance for it for the rest of my life. 889 01:57:29,709 --> 01:57:32,837 So I'm not the only one who got lucky. 890 01:57:34,914 --> 01:57:36,279 Well done, brother. 891 01:57:42,121 --> 01:57:46,114 -Have a drink with us. -I'll wash the blood off first. 892 02:00:14,640 --> 02:00:16,631 Brunhild. 893 02:00:30,790 --> 02:00:33,020 Arminius! 894 02:02:08,754 --> 02:02:10,415 There was an ambush. 895 02:02:14,527 --> 02:02:16,290 A group of Saxons. 896 02:02:24,904 --> 02:02:26,633 Murderer. 897 02:02:32,878 --> 02:02:34,812 How can you accuse me? 898 02:02:36,582 --> 02:02:39,745 What reason do I have to kill a man who's done us so much good? 899 02:02:40,219 --> 02:02:43,154 Envy and guilt... 900 02:02:43,556 --> 02:02:46,116 ...and greed. 901 02:02:46,392 --> 02:02:47,757 With Siegfried dead... 902 02:02:47,927 --> 02:02:51,385 ...you wouldn't have to face your own weakness and dishonor. 903 02:02:52,498 --> 02:02:56,366 And with him dead, you could keep the hoard for yourself. 904 02:02:56,902 --> 02:02:58,335 All of it. 905 02:02:59,672 --> 02:03:01,139 The hoard. 906 02:03:03,075 --> 02:03:05,669 I don't want it anymore. 907 02:03:29,802 --> 02:03:33,067 You wanted the gold for yourself. That's why you slew him. 908 02:03:33,239 --> 02:03:36,072 -We planned it together! -You'll never have the gold! 909 02:03:36,242 --> 02:03:39,939 But the gold is my Nibelung birthright! It's mine! 910 02:03:40,179 --> 02:03:41,771 You insolent son of a dwarf! 911 02:04:09,074 --> 02:04:11,565 Keep out of this, boy. 912 02:04:14,213 --> 02:04:15,646 He murdered our king! 913 02:04:15,848 --> 02:04:18,282 I order you to arrest him! 914 02:04:18,451 --> 02:04:20,476 Those of you who ally with me... 915 02:04:20,719 --> 02:04:24,246 ...will be rewarded with gold from the hoard. 916 02:04:36,469 --> 02:04:40,337 And finally betrayed, as he betrayed me. 917 02:04:43,876 --> 02:04:45,503 Hagen of Tronje... 918 02:04:46,111 --> 02:04:48,773 ...face the fate my gods have chosen. 919 02:04:48,948 --> 02:04:51,041 Your gods are dead! 920 02:04:51,250 --> 02:04:53,047 Soon we will know. 921 02:05:58,317 --> 02:06:01,514 Return this ring to its rightful owner. 922 02:06:04,023 --> 02:06:06,116 Take it back to the Nibelungs. 923 02:07:20,299 --> 02:07:21,994 Arminius. 924 02:07:49,962 --> 02:07:52,055 Today the old gods live again. 925 02:07:52,231 --> 02:07:53,960 No, Giselher. 926 02:07:54,133 --> 02:07:57,534 Today the old gods will die with them.