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7.6/10   40 votes
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Director:
Roy William Neill
Writers:
Jack Cunningham (writer)
Ottilie A. Liljencrantz (novel)
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Release Date:
2 November 1928 (USA) more
Plot:
Yes, it's true, an all color silent movie! The title refers to Leif Ericsson, who leaves Norway to search for new lands west of Greenland... more | add synopsis
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Beautiful Technicolor - rousing adventure more

Cast

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Pauline Starke ... Helga Nilsson
Donald Crisp ... Leif Ericsson
LeRoy Mason ... Lord Alwin
Anders Randolf ... Eric the Red (as Anders Randolph)
Richard Alexander ... Sigurd
Harry Woods ... Egil the Black (as Harry Lewis Woods)
Albert MacQuarrie ... Kark
Roy Stewart ... King Olaf
Torben Meyer ... Odd
Claire McDowell ... Lady Editha, Alwin's Mother
Julia Swayne Gordon ... Thorhild, Leif's Mother
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (2-strip Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent (music score and sound effects)

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Soundtrack:
Die Walküre more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Beautiful Technicolor - rousing adventure, 6 September 2001

This is far more pleasing both as a silent action film and as an example of two-strip Technicolor than the more highly touted Fairbanks feature THE BLACK PIRATE of a few years earlier. In the latter, only reds, blues and browns registered and there was only static camerawork and no feel for muting or shading of colors. In THE VIKING the color is truly beautiful, the finest I've seen of the surviving Technicolor silents, and the story is both a well directed love story and a rousing adventure film There is a love triangle, good acting, good crowd and fight scenes and the nobility of Christian vs. pagan worship and the discovery of the New World. In addition the leading actress is both visually stunning and talented, very reminiscent of a young Sarah Bernhardt. Very highly recommended. The video print contains a symphonic and sound effects soundtrack with healthy chunks of Wagner's FLYING DUTCHMAN and DIE WALKURE woven effectively throughout.

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