The Dragon's Blood

The Dragon's Blood
Directed by	Giacomo Gentilomo
Written by	Giorgio Costantini Antonio Ferrigno Giacomo Gentilomo
Starring	Sebastian Fischer Katharina Mayberg Ilaria Occhini
Music by	Franco Langella
Cinematography	Carlo Nebiolo
Release dates	1957 (1957)
Language	Italian

The Dragon's Blood (Italian: Sigfrido, also known as La leggenda dei Nibelunghi) is a 1957 Italian epic adventure film co-written and directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It is loosely based on Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.^[1][2]

Cast

• Sebastian Fischer as Sigfrido
• Katharina Mayberg as Brunilde
• Ilaria Occhini as Crimilde
• Rolf Tasna as Hagen
• Giorgio Costantini as Gunther
• Giulio Donnini as Alberico
• Bianca Doria
• Germano Longo as Gerenot
• Alberto Cinquini as Mime
• Livio Lorenzon
• Franca Mazzoni as Ute
• Pietro Tordi
• Tina Gloriani as Siglinde
• Enrico Olivieri as Gisselher
• Philippe Hersent as Nano

Special effects

The film was notable at the time for the depiction of the dragon. This several metres long prop was created by Carlo Rambaldi, launching Rambaldi's career as a creature designer. Years later, Rambaldi moved to Hollywood, working in such films as King Kong (1976), Alien (1979), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Dune (1984) or Conan the Destroyer (1984), among others.

References

External links

• The Dragon's Blood at the Internet Movie Database