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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0841453302774
Feature: THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Format: PAL
Label: Columbia
Manufacturer: Columbia
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Columbia
Region Code: 2.0
Running Time: 184 minutes
Sales Rank: 66930
Studio: Columbia
Theatrical Release Date: March 27, 2006
Features:- THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ),Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ),English ( Subtitles ),Hindi ( Subtitles ),Portuguese ( Subtitles ),Spanish ( Subtitles ),WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Making Of, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s),SYNOPSIS: Based on the Germanic myth 'Das Nibelungenlied' and the Nordic 'Volsunga Saga' which also inspired the four-opera cycle by Richard Wagner and J.R.R. Tolkien's epic 'The Lord of the Rings', this is the story of the young blacksmith Siegfried, who, not knowing that he is heir to a conquered kingdom, becomes popular with the Burgunds by slaying their bane, the dragon Fafnir. When the reward seems to be a huge treasure, Siegfried ignores the curse that lies on the hoard - which now seems to endanger his love to beautiful Norse warrior queen Brunhild.
Amazon.com:
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King is a visually impressive historical adventure based on the same Germanic and Norse legends that inspired Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle operas and J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Produced for German television (and shot in South Africa), the film stars Benno Furmann as Siegfried, a prince whose family is slaughtered by a pair of evil kings; raised by a blacksmith (Max Von Sydow, still commanding as ever), he meets and falls for Valkyrie queen Brunhild (Kristanna Loken from Terminator 3) and slays the dragon Fafnir for King Gunther (Samuel West), which in turn, involves him in treachery, war, and separation from his beloved Brunhild. Well directed by Uli Edel (Last Exit to Brooklyn>, The Mists of Avalon), Dark Kingdom occasionally suffers from exceedingly purple dialogue, but the performances, action, and special effects combine to make for a rousing fantasy-drama. Originally broadcast at three hours in length, the DVD presentation here is the U.S. cut, which comes in at just over two hours; a battery of five making-of featurettes are included in the disc's supplemental features. --Paul Gaita
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Baaaaad Movie
This movie was pretty bad, the only reason I bought it was because Robert Pattinson was in it, for about 5 minutes. After he was on screen, I thankfully turned the video off!
Rating:  - Dark Kingdom
The acting was satisfactory. A considerable amount of artistic liberties were taken varying the story line and relationship of charactore to each other. It would be better to just present the original story line and try and explain the relationship of charactors to each other, A longer movie would be much better.
Jim
Rating: - Not too bad, not great.
This was a decent effort to put the Nibelungenlied to film. The FX was good, the sets and costumes were above average and most of the actors were ok. However, it really didn't do much for me, and had too much of a TV-movie feel to it. I'd rather listen to Wagner.
Rating:  - Great except for the title
This film in its original form was fairly faithful to the German version of the story, known as the Nibelungenlied. "Ring of the Nibelungs" would have been just fine as a title- so what if Wagner used it first (it is the same story after all). The acting was excellent- the motives and emotions of the characters really come through. You are watching one of the classic legendary stories portrayed as a very human story. Whoever decided to put "Dark Kingdom- The Dragon King on this film was an absolute ... Read More
Rating:  - If you think this is different from what you saw on the Science Fiction Channel
...You're right. Many scenes were cut out completely and others were shortened. What remains is a poor tribute to the efforts of a strong cast. Many of the humerous, short scenes which helped humanize the main character were cut as was much of Max Von Sydow's screen time.
The heavy handedness of the re-editing is as bad or worse than what one sees when a broadcast network puts on an R rated feature film, but less predictable. Believe me, save your money and wait for a chace to record ... Read More
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