Period Dramas-The Age of the Vikings 800-1100
This is a list of movies or/and mini series set in the circa 800-1100.
The Scandinavian (Norse) Vikings were many things: excelling as settlers, explorers, seamen, traders and raiders. The Clergy often refers to them as heathens and murderous hordes, voilent and depraved; for their assaults showed no empathy towards their fellow men. Yet they have left their mark in the pages of history.
NOTE: I have to limit this list and focus mainly on the culture, art, mythology, costumes and characters of the Vikings. The main reason for this was to seperate the Period Dramas-Medievil from The Period Dramas-The Age of the Vikings.
There are plenty of horrific viking movies and others...let's not go there. If there is a really decent movie regarding vikings, your comments are welcomed.
For those who are serious about Period Dramas and deem a movie/mini series worthy to be listed, add your comments.
The Scandinavian (Norse) Vikings were many things: excelling as settlers, explorers, seamen, traders and raiders. The Clergy often refers to them as heathens and murderous hordes, voilent and depraved; for their assaults showed no empathy towards their fellow men. Yet they have left their mark in the pages of history.
NOTE: I have to limit this list and focus mainly on the culture, art, mythology, costumes and characters of the Vikings. The main reason for this was to seperate the Period Dramas-Medievil from The Period Dramas-The Age of the Vikings.
There are plenty of horrific viking movies and others...let's not go there. If there is a really decent movie regarding vikings, your comments are welcomed.
For those who are serious about Period Dramas and deem a movie/mini series worthy to be listed, add your comments.
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- DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsMads MikkelsenMaarten StevensonAlexander MortonForced for some time to be a fighting slave, a pagan warrior escapes his captors with a boy and joins a group of Crusaders on their quest to the Holy Land.Date set: 1000AD
- DirectorJohn McTiernanMichael CrichtonStarsAntonio BanderasDiane VenoraDennis StorhøiA man, having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent by the sultan himself on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador. Stopping at a Viking village port to restock on supplies, he finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a quest to banish a mysterious threat in a distant Viking land.Date set: 922 AD
I actually saw this movie on the big screen, thinking "Hell, nothing else to see but this one". I would not state it's a fabulous movie, or the acting was sublime etc etc. It's an above average movie and the plot could be better. Bonus points to the action sequences and the costume designer. Still I rather like the way the director showed how Antonio Banderas's character learnt the Norse tongue, early in the film - DirectorGraham BakerStarsChristopher LambertRhona MitraOliver CottonIn a besieged land, Beowulf must battle against the hideous creature Grendel and his vengeance seeking mother.I could of easily put the 2007 Beowulf, however this list is live action, not computer generator or animated films. And besides I've seen this production and would not recommend it to anyone, it would insult their intelligence
- DirectorSturla GunnarssonStarsHringur IngvarssonSpencer WildingStellan SkarsgårdIn Denmark, during the 6th century, Danish king Hrothgar and his warriors kill a troll whose son, Grendel, vows revenge.a more realistic look at the legend of Beowulf and Grendel, which was filmed in Iceland. It's obviously clear the set designer put an tremendous effort into the look of the period and the set designs.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsDavid HemmingsMichael YorkPrunella RansomeWhile Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the ninth century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows, to take up arms against the invaders, leading the English Christians to fight for their country. Alfred soundly defeats the Danes and becomes a hero. Although Alfred still longs for the priesthood, he is torn between his passion for God and his lust for blood.
- DirectorÁgúst GuðmundssonStarsArnar JónssonRagnheiður SteindórsdóttirBenedikt SigurðarsonFrom an authentic Viking saga, Outlaw tells the story of a family blood feud, set in 10th century Iceland.
- DirectorJack CardiffStarsRichard WidmarkSidney PoitierRuss TamblynA vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.
- DirectorTerry JonesStarsTim RobbinsJohn CleeseMickey RooneyErik the Viking and his men travel across the sea to find Valhalla to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnarok.
- DirectorHrafn GunnlaugssonStarsJakob Þór EinarssonEdda BjörgvinsdóttirHelgi SkúlasonAn Irish man seeks vengeance against the vikings who killed his parents.
- DirectorMarcus NispelStarsKarl UrbanClancy BrownMoon BloodgoodA Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savior in a fight against the Norsemen.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsCharlton HestonRichard BooneRosemary ForsythIn 11th century Normandy, a Norman duke sends one of his knights to build a defensive fortress in order to guard the borders against Frisian raiders.
- DirectorGabriel AxelStarsGabriel ByrneHelen MirrenChristian BaleAn old Norse legend of revenge, power and human spirit, that subsequently inspired William Shakespeare on his tragedy - Hamlet.
- DirectorGabriel AxelStarsOleg VidovGitte HænningEva DahlbeckThe young beloveds fight for their love in medieval Scandinavia.
- DirectorNick LyonStarsChris BrunoMarina SirtisMichael J. MinorKing Higlack of the Gauths entrusts prince Finn and a fire ball weapon to his champion, slayer Beowulf. They lead twelve men on a mission to help king Hrothgar of the Danes, whose once glorious realm is terrorized by the undefeated monster Grendel. The task is made more difficult as Hrothgar kept gruesome secrets.
- DirectorCharles B. PierceStarsLee MajorsCornel WildeMel FerrerAn eleventh century Viking Prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.
- DirectorTony StoneStarsFiore TedescoTony StoneDavid PerryOn the coast of North America in AD 1007, two Norsemen are stranded when their expedition is attacked and they are left for dead. As they struggle to survive in the vast forests of the New World, their paths diverge as one pursues a spiritual quest and the other reverts to his primal instinctsDate set: AD 1007
- 19571h 6mApproved3.4 (1.6K)DirectorRoger CormanStarsAbby DaltonSusan CabotBradford JacksonA group of lonely Viking women build a ship and set off across the sea to locate their missing menfolk, only to fall into the clutches of the barbarians that also hold their men captive. There is a cameo appearance by the sea serpent.
- DirectorHrafn GunnlaugssonStarsReine BrynolfssonTinna GunnlaugsdóttirEgill ÓlafssonTrausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan leader. Isold, daughter of Erikur now takes his place. Isold and Trausti are attracted to each other, but Isold was promised to Hjoerleifur - the son of the Bishop (of Iceland) and his powerful wife. However, Isold has a plan...
- DirectorPamela BergerStarsAmelia G. BinghamRobert Mason HamChristopher JohnsonOne thousand years ago, the vikings were lost to a mysterious coast in the Northe Antlantic.Kilian, the Irish slave,stole the navigating stone,fortunately original people of Americath rescued him and helped him how to living on there.
- DirectorKnut W. JorfaldLars RasmussenPaul Trevor ValeStarsKristian TonbyPer JansenTerje StrømdahlJarle son Sigurd growing up in Viking Norway, a time when conflicts are resolved with weapons. He is named after a great legend and local hero, Sigurd Fåvnesbane that in his time had killed the dragon Fafnir. It is expected that Sigurd should grow up and become a strong and barbaric viking, as the rest of his family. Illungene are sworn enemies of Sigurds family. It is expected of the young Sigurd to the advancement of blood revenge that flared up when Illungene killed his brother.
- DirectorHrafn GunnlaugssonStarsGotti SigurdarsonMaria BonnevieEgill ÓlafssonNorway in the 10th century. Askur, son of the powerful Thorgeir marries Embla, daughter of one of the few remaining landowners in Norway, in a pagan ceremony. King Olav, a ruthless Christian, wants to remove all traces of non-Christian beliefs and captures the two of them during the ceremony. In order to free Embla, Askur must go to Iceland and convert the people there to Christianity.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsKirk DouglasTony CurtisErnest BorgnineA slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsDonald CrispPauline StarkeLeRoy MasonVikings compete for power and the love of a woman.
- DirectorHoward McCainStarsJim CaviezelSophia MylesRon PerlmanDuring the reign of the Vikings, Kainan, a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking's Iron Age weaponry.I struggled to list this one, as because 2 aliens crashed landed on earth during the Iron Age of the Vikings. One alien is a voilent angry beast, while the other is a humanoid, played by James Caviezel. You be the judge.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsChris HemsworthAnthony HopkinsNatalie PortmanThe powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.I again struggled to list this one, simply because the it is not really about vikings. Sure it has the Asgard etc and it is pretty much seeped in Viking mythology, it does not deplict the viking way of life in history. Again, you be the judge