The Vikings (1958)
The Vikings (1958)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Richard Fleischer
Director
Per Buckhøj
Bjorn
Calder Willingham
Writer
Almut Berg
Pigtails (uncredited)
Peter Capell
(uncredited)
Dale Wasserman
Writer
Bill Cummings
Viking Warrior (uncredited)
Edison Marshall
Writer
Jerry Bresler
Producer
Kelly Curtis
Young Girl (uncredited)
Mario Nascimbene
Composer
Peter Douglas
Young Boy (uncredited)
Jack Cardiff
Cinematographer
Georges Guéret
Viking Warrior (uncredited)
Rico López
Viking Warrior (uncredited)
Harper Goff
ProductionDesigner
Marco Perrin
Extra (uncredited)
Paul Préboist
Extra (uncredited)
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Elmo Williams
Second Unit Director / Supervising Editor
Joseph de Bretagne
Sound
Walter Wottitz
Second Unit Director of Photography
John O'Gorman
Makeup Artist
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist
Julien Derode
Production Manager
Vasco Reggiani
Hairdresser
André Smagghe
Assistant Director
Bill Kirby
Production Manager
Gabriella Reggiani
Hairdresser
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 11, 1958
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Content RatingNR
Budget$5,000,000
Box Office$20,311
Genres
Wiki.
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 stars Kirk Douglas. 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.