The Vikings (1958)
The Vikings (1958)
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Cast & Crew.
Kirk Douglas
Einar / Executive Producer
Tony Curtis
Eric / Executive Producer
Ernest Borgnine
Ragnar
Janet Leigh
Morgana / Executive Producer
James Donald
Lord Egbert
Alexander Knox
Father Godwin
Maxine Audley
Enid
Frank Thring
Aella
Eileen Way
Kitala
Edric Connor
Sandpiper
Dandy Nichols
Bridget
Per Buckhøj
Bjorn
Almut Berg
Pigtails (uncredited)
Peter Capell
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bill Cummings
Viking Warrior (uncredited) / Stunts
Kelly Curtis
Young Girl (uncredited)
Peter Douglas
Young Boy (uncredited)
Georges Guéret
Viking Warrior (uncredited)
Rico López
Viking Warrior (uncredited)
Marco Perrin
Extra (uncredited)
Paul Préboist
Extra (uncredited)
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography
Richard Fleischer
Director
Calder Willingham
Screenplay
Dale Wasserman
Adaptation
Edison Marshall
Novel
Walter Wottitz
Second Unit Director of Photography
Jacques Planté
Production Manager
John Sullivan
Stunt Double
Jack Hirshberg
Unit Publicist
Lutz Hengst
Production Manager
Peter Berling
Sound Assistant / Translator
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Mixer
Marc Hyams
Clapper Loader
Jack Cooper
Stunts
Eddie Powell
Stunts
James Devis
Focus Puller
David Sharpe
Stunt Double
Georges Guéret
Stunts
Christian Ferry
Location Manager
Claude Carliez
Fight Choreographer
Gerard Schurmann
Orchestrator
Lucie Lichtig
Continuity
Lee Katz
Associate Producer
George Pink
Camera Technician
Eddie Fowlie
Property Master
Henri Guégan
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 11, 1958
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Content RatingNR
Budget$5,000,000
Box Office$20,311
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The Vikings is a 1958 American epic historical fiction swashbuckling film directed by Richard Fleischer, filmed in Technirama, and printed in Technicolor. It was produced by Jerry Bresler and Kirk Douglas (who also starred in the film), through Douglas' Brynaprod company. It is based on the 1951 novel The Viking by Edison Marshall, which in turn is based on material from the sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons. Other starring roles were taken by then husband-and-wife Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh as well as Ernest Borgnine. The film made notable use of natural locations in Norway. It was mostly filmed in Maurangerfjorden and Maurangsnes, captured on film by cinematographer Jack Cardiff, although Aella's castle was the real Fort-la-Latte in north-east Brittany in France.
Despite being derisively called a "Norse Opera" by New York Times critic Bosley Crowther, the film proved a major box office success and spawned the television series Tales of the Vikings, directed by the film's editor, Elmo Williams, which included none of the original cast or characters.