| The Blood of the Walsungs | |
| Director: | Rolf Thiele |
| Producer: | Franz Seitz |
| Starring: | Michael Maien |
| Editing: | Ingeborg Taschner |
| Music: | Rolf Alexander Wilhelm |
| Studio: | Franz Seitz Filmproduktion |
| Distributor: | Columbia-Bavaria Filmgesellschaft |
| Runtime: | 86 minutes |
| Country: | West Germany |
| Language: | German |
The Blood of the Walsungs is a 1965 West German drama film directed by Rolf Thiele, based on a Thomas Mann novella of the same name written in 1905 and published in 1921. It was entered in the 15th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] The title refers to the ill-fated Völsung clan as told in the Völsunga saga; the roles of Siegmund and Sieglinde refer to Sigmund and Signy as depicted in Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.