The Blood of the Walsungs (German: Wälsungenblut) 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.

• Michael Maien as Siegmund Arnstatt
• Elena Nathanael as Sieglinde Arnstatt
• Gerd Baltus as Lieutenant Beckerath
• Gunther Malzacher [de] as Rittmeister Kunz Arnstatt
• Rudolf Forster as Count Arnstatt
• Margot Hielscher as Countess Isabella Arnstatt
• Ingeborg Hallstein as Countess Märit Arnstatt
• Heinz-Leo Fischer as Wendelin, a servant
• Karl-Heinz Peters as Florian, a servant
• Christoph Quest [de] as Von Gelbsattel, an officer
• Rudolf Rhomberg