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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (released in the U.S. in 1925 as "Die Nibelungen"), the 1924 Fritz Lang German silent sword-and-sorcery fantasy adventure melodrama (this was a re-telling of the story of the greatest of ancient German folk heroes, Siegfried; Lang had so much material that he split it into two movies, this one being the first, and the sequel being "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache"; both movies were scripted by long-time Lang collaborator Thea von Harbou) starring Paul Richter (in the title role as King Siegfried of Xanten), Margarete Schon (as Princess Kriemhild of Burgund), Hans Adalbert Schlettow (as Hagen of Tronje), Bernhard Goetzke (as Volker of Alzey), Gertrud Arnold (as Queen Ute of Burgund), Hanna Ralph (as Queen Brunhild of Isenland), Theodor Loos (as King Gunther of Burgund), Erwin Biswanger (as Giselher of Burgund), Georg John (playing three roles, as Mime the Smith, Alberich the Dwarf King, and Blaodel)
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Important Added Info: Note that this is a "country of origin" item for this German movie! Also note that this German Ross Postcard measures 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" [9 x 14 cm]. Finally, note that in the 1920s and 1930s in Germany, it became a common practice to pass out 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" "Ross postcards" to the people who attended a movie. These were postcards that people could send through the mail (each had a picture of one of the movie's stars on it, and standard postcard markings on the other side). But these were also sent to theaters where the stars would make personal appearances, and members of the audience would get the stars to autograph them if they could, but of course, the cards themselves did not come autographed! Sometimes the theaters would cut four slits in the upper left of the front cover of the program for that movie and have the "Ross postcards" inserted into that area, so that the audience members would get the program and the card together! We imagine that theaters hoped that audience members would mail the postcards after they saw the movie to friends, telling them how much they enjoyed it, thus creating advertising for the movie. These are often called "Ross autograph cards" by collectors, because moviegoers did often obtain autographs on them. Ross postcards are quite collectible, signed or unsigned, but of course, they are worth far more signed. They are often quite rare, because most German paper of all kinds from before World War II was destroyed during the war, due to the massive paper shortages there at that time.

UPDATED 12/10/2014: Note that this card is part of Series 675. There were 8 Die Nibelungen cards in the series and this is #2.

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