ways wrath kriemhild surpasses siegfrieds death also loses films greatness plot one cohesive first quite amazing second half actual poem lot sloppier lot harder tread through until is get climactic battle scenes iliads better lang harbou embellished huns poetcompiler nibelungenlied know hun right ball result are less burgundians custom example although poet clearly describes etzel heathen which kriemhilds main concern rudiger tries persuade marry him gets hunland first thing go mass huns clearly heathens theyre almost like caveman depiction hilarious especially verbal jester two marvelous scenes etzels character given weight much formidable bemoan fate original poem lang harbou masterful building suspense especially banquet scene intercut verbals second performance amazing effect however nature half poem films amazing technical accomplishments missing one part except dazzling sequence etzels hall burns nibelungs inside one thing object way harbou changes ending spoilers poem hildebrand captures hagen gunther imprisoned kriemhild visits hagen cell demands reveal hidden horde refuses decapitates brother hagen still refuses decapitates him hildebrand or possibly dietrich disgusted woman would presume murder great warrior he turn decapitates her calling devil woman etzel much weaker poem here says something silly like ah me understand would want keep unity time place hildebrand brings castle retain prison settings two deaths would make film anticlimactic also understand hildebrand kill kriemhild character much reduced here name mentioned once but kriemhild kill herself adopting brynhilds death icelandic sources catering audience instead challenging them point poem kriemhilds wrath goes far beyond realm pure evil here simply die lost love interesting