Fritz Lang's Mediaevalism: From "Die Nibelungen" to the American West

Fritz Lang's Mediaevalism: From "Die Nibelungen" to the American West

This essay relates Fritz Lang's mediaeval epic film Die Nibelungen to the three Western films he made in Hollywood. In particular the last of these, Rancho Notorious, reworks the theme of "fate, murder, and revenge," which is fundamental not only to Die Nibelungen but also to Lang...

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Altars
Ballads
Fate
German literature
Heroism
History
History & criticism
Lang, Fritz (1890-1976)
Literary themes
Middle Ages
Mosaic
Motion picture criticism
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Mythology
Poetry
Revenge
Theme
Westerns
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Motion pictures
Movies
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Poetry
Revenge
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