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22 September 1989 (USA) moreTagline:
Be there... or beheaded!Plot:
Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Scholarly comedy. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tim Robbins | ... | Erik |
 | Mickey Rooney | ... | Erik's Grandfather |
 | Eartha Kitt | ... | Freya |
| Terry Jones | ... | King Arnulf |
| Imogen Stubbs | ... | Princess Aud |
 | John Cleese | ... | Halfdan the Black |
| Tsutomu Sekine | ... | Slavemaster |
| Antony Sher | ... | Loki |
| Gary Cady | ... | Keitel Blacksmith |
| Charles McKeown | ... | Sven's Dad |
 | Tim McInnerny | ... | Sven the Berserk |
| John Gordon Sinclair | ... | Ivar the Boneless |
| Richard Ridings | ... | Thorfinn Skullsplitter |
| Freddie Jones | ... | Harald the Missionary |
| Samantha Bond | ... | Helga |
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Also Known As:
Erik viking (Sweden)Erik el vikingo (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Aventuras de Erik, o Viking, As (Brazil) [pt]
Eric il vichingo (Italy) [it]
Erik a viking (Hungary) [hu]
Erik il vikingo (Italy) [it]
Erik le viking (France) [fr]
Erik o Viking (Greece) [el]
Erik viikinkisoturi (Finland) [fi]
Erik, der Wikinger (West Germany) [de]
Viking Erik (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Wiking Eryk (Poland) [pl]
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107 min | 79 min (director's cut)Language:
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Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #29792) | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12/9 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12 | UK:15 (video rating) | UK:12 (original rating) | Finland:S (cut version) (video release)MOVIEmeter: 
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As a favor for his friend Terry Jones, John Cleese replaced Jack Lemmon on short notice. moreQuotes:
Snorri: Anyone know any good drowning songs?Erik: Listen! Maybe we won't get to Hy-Brasil! Maybe we won't find the Horn Resounding... but at least we've tried... and at least we shall have died like men.
Snorri: Like fish.
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Erik The Viking seems like a rather scholarly comedy. Terry Jones, of Monty Python fame, seems to have done a lot of work on the history of the vikings. Jones then injects his sense of humor, which is over the top, and you have an educated comedy that only somebody familiar with Python could love.