Kaminski ON AIR 'Twilight of the Gods'

Votan's last command is carried out: the World Tree falls. Its rotting stump poisons the source of eternal knowledge. Its wood however surrounds the gods' castle Valhalla – if the wood burns, that's the end of the gods! Humans have taken control. Siegfried, possessor of the Ring, the magic helmet and the victorious sword Nothung, has set off in search of new adventures. Brünnhilde, who he just won from the fire, didn't stop him. Siegfried's journey leads into the realm of the Gibichungs. There, King Gunther and his sister Gutrune have already learned of the existence of the invincible hero though their half-brother Hagen. Hagen, son of Alberich, draws Siegfried into the snare of an evil trick: Gunther is to win Brünnhilde as a wife, Gutrune to win Siegfried as a husband; and Hagen wants the power of the Ring. Again, it takes a draught of a magic potion to bring everything into play: Murder, suicide, betrayal, rape – Hagen waits and helps himself… The curse of the Ring takes on its darkest hues. The tragedy of the final part is a bestial thriller culminating in the Apocalypse…