9 best viking movies

The Viking seems to us to be a Scandinavian sailor of high stature, possessing tremendous spiritual and physical strength, courage and beauty. What were they really like? So far, archaeologists cannot give an exact answer. Cinema is also interested in this topic and each of them represents the Vikings in their own way. In some they are ruthless and fearless, in others they are kind and courageous. Many legends and adventure stories about these conquerors of lands have survived to this day. The basis of modern films was also based on the plots of folk tales about the courage and perseverance of brave warriors.

Asterix and Obelix in Britain

• Country: France, Hungary, Italy, Spain
• Release Year: 2012
• Genre: Comedy, Adventure
• Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Eduard Baer, ​​Guillaume Gallienne, Vincent Lacoste, Valerie Lemercier

This is a story about the harsh Vikings. They always wanted to learn how to fear. The adventures of Obelix and Asterix never do without Caesar. But we all understand that in real life nothing like this could happen, since Caesar and the Vikings lived in completely different times.

Brave Gauls this time sent to Britain. They want to help their friends, or rather save the British from the power of Julius Caesar. Their constant companions are the faithful dog Idefix and magic potion.

Beowulf

• Country: USA
• Release year: 2007
• Genre: Fantasy, Action, Drama, Adventure
• Cast: Ray Winston, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright, John Malkovich, Crispin Glover, Brendan Gleason, Angelina Jolie, Costas Mandilore, Paul Baker, John Bilesikjian

The Danish king made another feast. As always at such events, the sounds of fun and music are heard. It was they who awakened the monster Grendel from the centuries-old sleep. Viking warrior Beowulf, distinguished by his special courage, volunteered to kill the monster.

A new-fashioned technology called "motion capture" made it possible to make this best Viking movie. The costumes in which the actors were shot should have completely fitted their bodies.

Thirteenth warrior

• Country: USA
• Release year: 1999
• Genre: Action, Detective, Adventure
• Cast: Antonio Banderas, Omar Sharif, Vladimir Kulich, Dennis Storhoy, Daniel Southern, Neil Muffin, John DeSantis, Clive Russell, Misha Haussermann, Oliver Swainall

The Baghdad poet Ahmed Ibn Fadlan was once a courtier. Now he is among the Vikings. Their goal is to defeat the corpse Eater tribe, distinguished by special cruelty.

The film starred Antonio Banderas. He never ceases to amaze the viewer. The 54-year-old actor believes that learning is never too late. Now he is going to enter the University of London. However, he is not going to tie a movie, believing that his studies will not hinder his main work.

Eric viking

• Country: United Kingdom, Sweden
• Release year: 1989
• Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure
• Cast: Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, Ertha Kitt, Terry Jones, Imogen Stubbs, John Cleese, Tsutomu Sekina, Anthony Sher, Gary Cady, Charles McCowan

The main character of the film is Viking Eric. He is still very young, but he understands that he has no craving for murders, robberies and violence. For his fellow tribesmen, these are ordinary things, and he is different - not like everyone else. Eric decides at all costs to restore peace and put an end to the reigning evil.

Tim Robbins - the famous actor starred Eric Viking. And this is not at all surprising, with its growth - 196 sentiments.

Valhalla. Viking saga

• Country: Denmark, United Kingdom
• Release Year: 2009
• Genre: Action, Adventure
• Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Maarten Stephen, Gary Lewis, Evan Stewart, Jamie Sives, Alexander Morton, Stuart Porter, Matthew Hare, Gordon Brown, Gary McCormack

For the Vikings, the most honorable death was to die during the battle.According to legend, in this case their souls fell into Valhalla - a wonderful country. This film consists of several parts. This is a story about a Viking who was nicknamed One-Eyed.

Nicholas Winding Refn in this film did not use computer graphics. High-quality make-up helped to achieve a realistic movie. The creators of the film severed head cost a decent amount - 8,000 pounds. The director also decided not to breed too much chatter in his brainchild. Throughout the whole picture, the actors made 120 remarks, and the film lasted 93 minutes.

Ranger

• Country: USA
• Release year: 2006
• Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Adventure
• Cast: Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Clancy Brown, Jay Taware

It turns out that Columbus did not discover America at all. The Vikings were the first to enter the New World. This happened 500 years before the journey of the famous navigator. This film tells about the adventures of the Vikings that take place on the American continent.

There are a lot of myths about Vikings. A helmet with horns is one of them. But experts say that the Vikings never had anything like this. Archaeologists have found many Viking helmets, but there are no allusions to these attributes. The creators of the film knew this information, but, despite this, horns were left on the helmets. All this is done in order to make the Vikings of the “Pathfinder” more frightening and evil.

Vikings vs. Aliens

• Country: USA, Germany, France
• Release Year: 2008
• Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
• Cast: James Cavizel, Sophia Miles, Jack Houston, John Hurt, Cliff Saunders

In the whole history of cinema, who just did not speak and did not fight against aliens. These were monsters, and cowboys, and gopniks from Chertanovo. Now it's Viking time. In 709 AD, a spaceship crashed in Norway.

Cainan - a soldier who survived preys on Murven. This monster sneaked into the ship. Now it is on planet Earth. Kaynan alone can not cope with the monster. The Vikings live in a nearby settlement. So the soldier turns to them for help.

And trees grow on stones

• Country: USSR, Norway
• Year of production: 1985
• Genre: Drama, Adventure
• Cast: Alexander Timoshkin, Petronella Barker, Tor Stoke, Torgeir Fonilid, John Andersen, Lise Feldstad, Victor Shulgin, Mikhail Gluzsky, Vasily Kravtsov, Vera Panasenkova

The Viking life in this feature film is very well described. Slav Kuksha - the main character of the tape. The Vikings captured the young man and taken to his place in Scandinavia. Thanks to the courage and inflexibility, Kuksha deserves respect among the invaders. They decide to give the guy a Scandinavian name. Now his name is Einar. It is translated - Happy. So the guy became a Viking. Ahead of him is waiting for a shopping adventure. But inside the guy the desire to return home does not die.

Thor

• Country: USA
• Release year: 2011
• Genre: Action, Adventure
• Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgård, Kat Dennings, Clark Gregg, Colm Fiore, Idris Elba, Ray Stevenson

Popular comics were filmed into a beautiful, vibrant fantasy comedy. The main characters of the film are the gods from the Scandinavian myths. Events take place simultaneously in the kingdom of the gods Asgard, and on Earth. An ancient war arises in the kingdom. And all because of the actions that committed a strong, but very arrogant Thor. For this, he was deprived of divine powers and forced to live on planet Earth.

After some time, Thor realizes that he must become a real hero again. To do this, he volunteers to stop the villain, who intends to capture the Earth with his dark forces.