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Director:
Jack Cardiff
Writers:
Berkely Mather (screenplay) and
Beverley Cross (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
24 June 1964 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Adventure See more »
Tagline:
The Greatest Viking Adventure Of Them All!
Plot:
A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices," a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. See more »
NewsDesk:
(8 articles)
Cannes: 'In a Better World,' 'Girl With Dragon Tattoo' Producers Unite for Viking Epic
 (From The Hollywood Reporter. 21 May 2013, 5:41 AM, PDT)
Christopher Challis
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 10 June 2012, 4:06 PM, PDT)
Swedes set up 'ultimate Viking movie'
 (From The Independent. 4 August 2011, 4:00 PM, PDT)
User Reviews:
Under-rated colorful epic. See more (59 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)

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 ... Raschid
Jeanne Moody ... Ylva
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Milan Bosiljcic ... (uncredited)
Zorica Gajdas ... (uncredited)
Dragan Lukic-Omoljac ... (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons ... (uncredited)
Charles H. Radilak ... (uncredited)

Leonard Rossiter ... Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword To Prove Loyalty (uncredited)
Ljubo Skiljevic ... (uncredited)
Dragomir Stanojevic ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jack Cardiff 
 
Writing credits
Berkely Mather (screenplay) and
Beverley Cross (screenplay)

Frans G. Bengtsson (novel "The Long Ships") (as Frans Bengtsson)

Produced by
Irving Allen .... producer
Denis O'Dell .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Dusan Radic 
 
Cinematography by
Christopher Challis (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Geoffrey Foot 
 
Production Design by
Vlastimir Gavrik (uncredited)
Zoran Zorcic (uncredited)
 
Art Direction by
Bill Constable  (as William Constable)
Vlastimir Gavrik 
John Hoesli 
Zoran Zorcic 
Veljko Despotovic (uncredited)
Dragoljub Ivkov (uncredited)
Vladislav Lasic (uncredited)
Aleksandar Milovic (uncredited)
Miodrag Miric (uncredited)
Milan Todorovic (uncredited)
 
Costume Design by
David Ffolkes (costumes designed by)
Anthony Mendleson (costumes designed by)
 
Makeup Department
A.R. Scott .... hairdresser
Neville Smallwood .... makeup artist
Radmila Todorovic .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
David W. Orton .... production manager (as David Orton)
Milenko Stankovic .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bluey Hill .... assistant director
Cliff Lyons .... second unit director
Stevan Petrovic .... assistant director
Stevan Petrovic .... second unit director (uncredited)
Michael Reeves .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
A. Benzon .... mosaics
 
Sound Department
Paddy Cunningham .... sound recordist
Gordon Daniel .... sound editor
Hugh Strain .... sound recordist
Vladimir Stankovic .... boom operator (uncredited)
Hugh Strain .... dubbing crew (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Sydney Pearson .... special effects (as Sid Pearson)
Bill Warrington .... special effects
Wally Armitage .... special effects (uncredited)
Brian Gamby .... special effects (uncredited)
Martin Gutteridge .... special effects (uncredited)
Fred Heather .... special effects (uncredited)
Garth Inns .... special effects (uncredited)
Malcolm King .... special effects (uncredited)
Dragomir Stanojevic .... special effects (uncredited)
Jimmy Ward .... special effects (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Ivor Beddoes .... matte artist
 
Stunts
Ken Buckle .... stunts (uncredited)
Milan Mitic .... stunts (uncredited)
Slavoljub Plavsic-Zvonce .... stunts (uncredited)
Skender Radotina .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Austin Dempster .... camera operator
Skeets Kelly .... second unit cameraman
Ray Parslow .... camera operator
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ron Beck .... wardrobe master
Borka Subaranovic .... wardrobe (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Borislav Pascan .... conductor
Muir Mathieson .... conductor (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Angela Allen .... continuity
Maurice Binder .... prologue and main title by
Eileen Head .... continuity
Erik Kjersgaard .... technical adviser (as Erik Kiersgaard)
Paul Maslansky .... assistant to producer
Bob Simmons .... action sequences
 

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Runtime:
USA:126 min
Country:
UK | Yugoslavia
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) (passed with cuts) | UK:PG (video rating: cut by 13 secs) (1988) | Australia:PG | West Germany:12 (nf) | Norway:16 | Netherlands:12 (2003) (DVD) | UK:PG (tv rating)
Filming Locations:
Yugoslavia
Company:
Columbia Pictures CorporationSee more »

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Trivia:
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.See more »
Goofs:
Anachronisms: One of the Vikings fighting the Moors on the beach is wearing bright white underpants.See more »
Quotes:
Olla:Well, where are we?
Rolfe:Civilization.
Olla:Huh?
Rolfe:[Disgustedly] No... you wouldn't understand that.
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8 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
Under-rated colorful epic., 24 December 2003
Author: Don (scifiguy-2) from Lost Wages, Nevada

Big budget spectacle produced by Irwin Allen may possibly be his best film. The casting is great, although Richard Widmark appears to be out of place. It's a rare treat to see this many fantasy genre cast-members in the same film...Russ Tamblyn (George Pal films), Lionel Jeffries ("First Men In the Moon"), Clifford Evans (Hammer films) and Edward Judd. Great art direction, sets and costumes give this film some nice atmosphere.

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