The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
04/07/1991
THIRD DAY OF THE RING CYCLE. Günter, the lord of the Rhine people, gives Siegfried a love potion that causes Siegfried to forget Brünnhilde and fall in love with Günter's sister Gutrane. Siegfried has given Brünnhilde the Ring as a token of their love, but her Valkyrie sister urges her to destroy it, because their father Wotan has lost his spear and power and is hiding out in Valhalla. Instead, Brünnhilde keeps it, and under the influence of the potion, Siegfried steals it from her. Enraged, Brünnhilde helps Alberich's son murder Siegfried, but Siegfried's memory returns, and he dies thinking of Brünnhilde. Brünnhilde repents and orders a funeral pyre to be built. She rides into the fire herself, and the Rhinemaidens get the ring back. The story closes with flames flickering about Valhalla in the background. Filmed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in June & July 1991.
Movie Information
Siegfried Jerusalem
as Siegfried
Bodo Brinkmann
as Gunther
Philip Kang
as Hagen
Günter von Kannen
as Alberich
Anne Evans
as Brünnhilde
Eva-Maria Bundschuh
as Gutrune
Waltraud Meier
as Waltraude
Birgitta Svendén
as 1. Norne
Linda Finnie
as 2. Norne
Uta Priew
as 3. Norne
Hilde Leidland
as Woglinde
Annette Küttenbaum
as Wellgunde
Jane Turner
as Flosshilde
