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28 June 1958 (USA)
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Mightiest Of Men... Mightiest Of Spectacles... Mightiest Of Motion Pictures!
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Einar and Eric are two Viking half-brothers. The former is a great warrior whilst the other is an ex-slave...
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Leonardo DiCaprio To Wear Viking Horns In Mel Gibson-Directed Drama
(From MTV Movies Blog. 14 December 2009, 10:00 AM, PST)
Tiff: ‘Valhalla Rising’ Delivers Authentic Viking Experience
(From Screen Rant. 16 September 2009, 7:28 PM, PDT)
(From MTV Movies Blog. 14 December 2009, 10:00 AM, PST)
Tiff: ‘Valhalla Rising’ Delivers Authentic Viking Experience
(From Screen Rant. 16 September 2009, 7:28 PM, PDT)
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Realistic and brutal depiction of Viking life.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Kirk Douglas | ... | Einar | |
| Tony Curtis | ... | Eric | |
| Ernest Borgnine | ... | Ragnar | |
| Janet Leigh | ... | Morgana | |
| James Donald | ... | Egbert | |
| Alexander Knox | ... | Father Godwin | |
| Maxine Audley | ... | Enid | |
| Frank Thring | ... | Aella | |
| Eileen Way | ... | Kitala | |
| Edric Connor | ... | Sandpiper | |
| Dandy Nichols | ... | Bridget | |
| Per Buckhøj | ... | Bjorn |
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:The Vikings: (USA) (alternative spelling)
Die Wikinger (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
I vichinghi (Italy) [it]
Les Vikings (France) [fr]
Los vikingos (Spain) [es]
Viikingit (Finland) [fi]
Vikingarna (Sweden) [sv]
Vikingerne (Denmark) [da]
Vikings (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Vikings, os Conquistadores (Brazil) [pt]
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Die Wikinger (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
I vichinghi (Italy) [it]
Les Vikings (France) [fr]
Los vikingos (Spain) [es]
Viikingit (Finland) [fi]
Vikingarna (Sweden) [sv]
Vikingerne (Denmark) [da]
Vikings (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Vikings, os Conquistadores (Brazil) [pt]
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116 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 (re-rating) |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
West Germany:16 |
Argentina:13
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The three Viking ships in the film were designed using blueprints for an actual Viking ship salvaged from the water and restored by a Viking museum in Norway. It turned out that the boats built for the film were too accurate, because the modern actors were taller than their historical counterparts. Every other oar hole had to be plugged so the modern men would have room to row with a full oar stroke. Otherwise, they would hit the backs of the oarsmen seated in front of them when pushing the oar handles forward to start each new stroke.
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Factual errors: The end credits are based upon the Bayeux Tapestry, a record of the 1066 Norman Conquest of Britain. Although the Normans had Viking forbears, such a was not at all representative of native Viking art.
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Featured in ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005) (TV)
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Two Viking half brothers (who are unaware that they are related) fight over Welsh Princess Morgana, who has been captured during a raid in England while en-route to marry the King of Northumbria.
A handsomely mounted historical epic in the old tradition. However, a great deal of effort was made to achieve accuracy in terms of clothes, villages, ships, weapons etc. The stunning Norwegian locations add to the authenticity, and are breathtakingly photographed in Technirama by master cinematographer Jack Cardiff.
Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis and Ernest Borgnine all give strong performances, although the characters are hard to like. The level of brutality is quite surprising for a film made in 1958, and the overall atmosphere is one of harshness.
While the film is perhaps not quite in the league of 'Spartacus' or 'El Cid' in terms of epic status, it is admirably authentic, unsentimental and vigorous.