Hans Carl Mueller

In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Friedrich Schiller himself: on the misery of his soul whilst a pupil of the ducal military academy, his opposition to the strict physical drill and the narrow intellectual confines of the "Karlsschule", his juvenile passion for the works of Shakespeare, Klopstock and Lessing, his anger at unjust authorities, his devotion to women, and finally his inability to cope with financial matters

Siegfried, fils du roi Siegmund de Xanten, termine son apprentissage chez le nain Mime. Il forge une magnifique épée. Désormais, il peut retourner chez lui, mais l'ambitieux jeune homme veut se rendre à Worms, capitale des Burgondes, pour conquérir la belle Kriemhild, sœur du roi Gunther.

King Nicolo through hit egoism and slackness has lost his fame and power is now deposed, completely alone and walks through his former empire, unrecognized, in constant fear of people whom are foreign to him.

Kriemhild n'a pas pu oublier Siegfried et son lâche assassinat par Hagen Tronje, qui reste le protégé du clan des Burgondes et s'est approprié le trésor des Niebelungen qu'il a caché dans le Rhin. Le margrave Rüdiger von Bechlarn lui apporte la demande en mariage du roi Etzel (Attila) : elle l'accepte. La voilà reine des Huns.