1½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde

1½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde (German: 1½ Ritter – Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde) is a 2008 German film directed by Til Schweiger. It stars Til Schweiger, Rick Kavanian, Julia Dietze, Thomas Gottschalk and Udo Kier. The film centers on two knights, Lanze and (Schweiger) and Erdal (Kavanian) who are trying to save kidnapped Princess Herzelinde (Dietze) from the Black Knight (Tobias Moretti). Some characters from Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner, such as Siegfried (Thierry van Werveke) and Brünnhilde (Stefanie Stappenbeck) appear in the film. The film earned mostly negative reviews from film critics. German journal Sueddeutsche Zeitung (South German Newspaper) described it as an...