--- title: 'Wälsungenblut (1965)' type: 'film' director: 'Rolf Thiele' released: '1965-01-01' runtime_minutes: 85 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Germany' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/walsungenblut-1965' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058757/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Wälsungenblut (1965) 1965 · 85 min · Drama · Germany ## Synopsis The Blood of the Walsungs is a 1965 West German drama film directed by Rolf Thiele, based on a Thomas Mann novella of the same name written in 1905 and published in 1921. It was entered in the 15th Berlin International Film Festival. The title refers to the ill-fated Völsung clan as told in the Völsunga saga; the roles of Siegmund and Sieglinde refer to Sigmund and Signy as depicted in Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. ## Credits - **Director:** [Rolf Thiele](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-thiele) - **Screenplay:** [Erika Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/erika-mann) - **Original Music Composer:** [Rolf Alexander Wilhelm](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-alexander-wilhelm) - **Producer:** [Franz Seitz Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-seitz-jr) - **Director of Photography:** [Wolf Wirth](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-wirth) - **Editor:** [Ingeborg Taschner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingeborg-taschner) ## Cast - [Gerd Baltus](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerd-baltus) - [Karl-Heinz Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-heinz-peters) - [Rudolf Rhomberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-rhomberg) - [Elena Nathanael](https://cinepixo.com/people/elena-nathanael) - [Rudolf Forster](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-forster) - [Heinz-Leo Fischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-leo-fischer) - [Michael Maien](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-maien) - [Margot Hielscher](https://cinepixo.com/people/margot-hielscher) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/walsungenblut-1965 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3819291); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.