The Vikings
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✎ Suggest a correctionPresents some of the research at the Bergen Museum in Norway that preceded the making of the feature picture. Shows action shots of the replicas of Viking ships used in the film and provides authentic representations of the costumes and equipment of the Norsemen. Includes scenes on location with the production company which reveal the wild beauty of the fjords from which the Vikings sailed. Narrated by Kirk Douglas.
The King of Northumbria is killed during a Viking raid led by the fearsome Ragnar (Ernest Borgnine) Because the king had died childless, his cousin Aella (Frank Thring) takes the throne. To protect the infant from her cousin-in-law's ambitions, she sends him off to Italy. By a twist of fate, the ship is intercepted by the Vikings, who are unaware of the child's kinship, and enslave him. His parentage is finally discovered by Lord Egbert (James Donald), a Northumbrian nobleman opposed to Aella. Eric incurs the wrath
The King of Northumbria is killed during a Viking raid led by the fearsome Ragnar (Ernest Borgnine) Because the king had died childless, his cousin Aella (Frank Thring) takes the throne. To protect the infant from her cousin-in-law's ambitions, she sends him off to Italy. By a twist of fate, the ship is intercepted by the Vikings, who are unaware of the child's kinship, and enslave him. His parentage is finally discovered by Lord Egbert (James Donald), a Northumbrian nobleman opposed to Aella. Eric incurs the wrath
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Presents some of the research at the Bergen Museum in Norway that preceded the making of the feature picture. Shows action shots of the replicas of Viking ships used in the film and provides authentic representations of the costumes and equipment of the Norsemen. Includes scenes on location with the production company which reveal the wild beauty of the fjords from which the Vikings sailed. Narrated by Kirk Douglas.
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