The Vikings
A slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Released
- 1958
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1958
Storyline
A slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess.
Top credits
Kirk Douglas ā Einar
Tony Curtis ā Eric
Ernest Borgnine ā Ragnar
Janet Leigh ā Morgana
Did you know
ā¢ Ernest Borgnine plays the father of Kirk Douglas. In real life he was 1-1/2 months younger than Douglas.
ā¢ The three Viking ships in the film were designed using blueprints for a real 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 that 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.
ā¢ Since Tony Curtis killed Kirk Douglas in this film, it was agreed that Douglas would kill Curtis in Spartacus (1960).
User reviews
Sweeping Fifties Epic.
Loving the cute criticisms of a 50's movie by today's standards...
My kingdom for a Norse
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color, Color
FAQ
- Who played the black deaf-and-dumb character, Eric's friend?
- In Einar's first encounter with Eric, he says 'You again!'. Has an earlier confrontation between them been cut?
- In the final fight between Kirk and Tony atop the castle tower, were there any safety nets below them, as the walls were only about knee height?
