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The Vikings / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; directed by Richard Fleischer ; produced by Jerry Bresler ; screenplay by Calder Willingham ; adaptation by Dale Wasserman ; a Kirk Douglas production ; a United Artists release ; Brynaprod S.A.

[Los Angeles, CA] : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment, ©2002.

1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

It is the Middle Ages, and nothing is more feared in England than Viking warriors. In one of many raids, Viking leader Ragnar kills the English king and forces himself on the Queen. With the King dead, his brother takes the thrown but unknown to anyone but a trusted servant, the Queen is now with child. In order to protect the boy, he is sent away to be raised in safety away from the new King. Twenty years later, the Vikings under are still raiding England and they now have an Englishman, Egbert, making maps of the English coast for them. Ragnar has a son, Einar, a lusty warrior who takes what he wants when he wants it. They also have a slave, Eric, taken prisoner as an infant. Egbert realizes from a necklace Eric wears that he is the son of the Queen and is Einar's half-brother. When they kidnap Morgana, a Welsh beauty and the English King's betrothed, the stage is set for an inevitable clash between the half-brothers and with the reigning English King.

MPAA Rating: Not rated; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.

Ragnar Loðbrók, active 9th century -- Drama.

Vikings -- Drama.

Northmen -- Drama.

Princesses -- Drama.

Battles -- Drama.

Disfigured persons -- Drama.

Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Drama.

Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Drama.

Action and adventure films.

Fiction films.

Feature films.

Film adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Fleischer, Richard.

Bresler, Jerry, 1908-1977.

Willingham, Calder, 1922-1995.

Wasserman, Dale.

Douglas, Kirk, 1916-2020.

Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010.

Borgnine, Ernest, 1917-2012.

Leigh, Janet.

Donald, James, 1917-1993.

Knox, Alexander.

Audley, Maxine.

Thring, Frank, 1926-1994.

Way, Eileen, 1911-1994.

Connor, Edric, 1913-1968.

Nichols, Dandy.

Buckhøj, Per, 1902-1964.

Nascimbene, Mario.

Marshall, Edison, 1894-1967. Viking.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Bryna Productions

United Artists Corporation.

MGM Home Entertainment Inc.

Based on the novel "The Viking" by Edison Marshall.

Special features: "A Tale of Norway" with director Richard Fleischer [featurette] (28 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.).

Photography, Jack Cardiff ; production design, Harper Goff ; editor, Elmo Williams ; music composed and arranged by Mario Nascimbene ; orchestra conducted by Franco Ferrara.

Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh, James Donald, Alexander Knox, Maxine Audley, Frank Thring, Eileen Way, Edric Connor, Dandy Nichols, Per Buckhøj.

Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1958.

DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen format, (2.35:1) aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono.

In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.

Main title/Bad omen -- Bride, tyrant, traitor -- No finer son -- Viking justice -- Odin's daughters answer -- Stealing a Princess -- Einar's homecoming -- Like father, like son -- The escape -- Flesh and souls -- Honor among Vikings -- Avenging Ragnar -- The Vikings are coming! -- The battle -- Brothers in arms -- End credits.

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