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The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold (1991) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1991 · 154 mins · German
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- Directed by
- Harry Kupfer
- Starring
- Jane Turner, Eva Johansson, John Tomlinson, Birgitta Svendén, Helmut Pampuch, Bodo Brinkmann
On the Rhine, Rhinemaidens guard gold that can forge a Ring of power at love’s cost. Alberich steals the gold, creates the cursed Ring and seeks domination. Wotan needs funds for Valhalla, bargains with his sister‑in‑law; Fricka objects. Loge tricks Alberich; Wotan takes the Ring and gives it to Fafner. Filmed at Bayreuth Festspielhaus, June‑July 1991.
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