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Basics Critics:64Viewers:66Rusty:76
Category: Action/Adventure, DramaNotable as: Epic filmSub-Category: Adventure Film, Action Film, Epic film, Costume Adventure, Historical fiction, DramaNarrative location: NorwayRuntime: 112 - 116 minutesColor: colorLanguage: EnglishCountry: United StatesDirector: Richard FleischerScreenwriter: Calder Willingham, Dale WassermanMusic: Mario NascimbeneCinematography: Jack CardiffStars: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Ernest Borgnine, James Donald, Alexander Knox, Frank Thring, Maxine Audley, Orson WellesProducer: Jerry BreslerStudio: United ArtistsAward details: (details at IMDb)
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The Vikings is a 1958 adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer and filmed in Technicolor. It was produced by and stars Kirk Douglas. It is based on the 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 Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and 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 de la Latte in north-east Brittany. 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.


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