Three estranged brothers present their unique rendition of Wagner's THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG in their living room for their ailing father.
Acting
Committed performances that sell the ridiculous with straight faces.
Production
Kitchen-table resourcefulness that makes $50 look like $50 million.
Writing
Sharp sibling dynamics weaving through Wagnerian bombast.
Director
Jonathan D. Gift
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film was shot in the actual living room of one of the producers over a single weekend. Wagner's complete Ring Cycle normally runs 15 hours; this adaptation clocks in at 82 minutes.
Valhalla arrived during the early-'90s American indie boom when digital video democratized filmmaking, though its VHS aesthetic now reads as deliberate retro charm rather than budget necessity.
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