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24 June 1964 (USA) moreTagline:
The Greatest Viking Adventure Of Them All!Plot:
There is a legend about a great bell, called "The Mother of Voices," made of pure gold, three times the size of a man, made by monks many years ago... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. moreNewsDesk:
Jack Cardiff, Legendary Cinematographer, Director And Writer, Dies At Age 94(From CinemaRetro. 22 April 2009, 3:59 PM, PDT)
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THE VIKINGS meets John Cleese! more (53 total)Cast
(Credited cast)| Richard Widmark | ... | Rolfe | |
| Sidney Poitier | ... | Aly Mansuh | |
| Russ Tamblyn | ... | Orm | |
| Rosanna Schiaffino | ... | Aminah | |
| Oskar Homolka | ... | Krok | |
| Edward Judd | ... | Sven | |
| Lionel Jeffries | ... | Aziz | |
| Beba Loncar | ... | Gerda | |
| Clifford Evans | ... | King Harald | |
| Gordon Jackson | ... | Vahlin | |
| Colin Blakely | ... | Rhykka | |
| David Lodge | ... | Olla | |
| Henry Oscar | ... | Auctioneer | |
| Paul Stassino | ... | Raschild | |
| Jeanne Moody | ... | Ylva |
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Australia:PG | West Germany:12 (nf) | Norway:16 | Netherlands:12 (2003) (DVD) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15Filming Locations:
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Film known for a torture contraption called the "Mare of Steel" depicted as a huge curved blade as large as a Trojan Horse, which unlucky prisoners were forced to climb and ride down on their exposed bellies, hands tied, splaying them open at it's base and impaling them on a bed of two foot steel spikes. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: Leaving aside the issue of the sound of a bell made of gold, the bell could not the sound it does. It forms the dome of the building and is covered with concrete and stone which would stop the metal vibrating, absorbing the energy of the sound. moreFAQ
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Churned out at pretty much the end of the cycle of epics, THE LONG SHIPS was NEVER meant to be taken seriously! Richard Widmark understood that - what's with this plethora of pseudo-intellectual reviews decrying cinematic and plotline aspects here. Wake up and smell the roses people, this is one for all and ALL for fun!
Even Poitier, hamming it up as OTHELLO with a wicked hairdresser, was secretly having fun! The whole misbegotten tale of the fabled golden bell was little more than a cack-fest but by GOD was the musical score great or what? I can still hear Dusan's stirring theme now, and I only saw the flick once at its Sydney premiere in '63.
Action aplenty, outrageous script and despite accusations to the contrary here, some gung-ho cinematography. This was never gonna be up for any Oscars, Widmark, Homolka and three quarters of the cast in fact, saw to that!