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Directors:
Peter Madsen
Jeffrey James Varab (co-director)
Writers:
Søren Håkansson (comic book)
Henning Kure (comic book)
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Release Date:
10 October 1986 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Animation | Adventure | Fantasy | Family more
Tagline:
Et eventyr med de nordiske guder baseret på tegneserien "Valhalla". more
Plot:
Two children in the Viking age find their way into the magical world of Norse mythology. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Excellent work; a bit of a classic more (5 total)

Cast

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Dick Kaysø ... Thor (voice: Danish version)

Preben Kristensen ... Loke (voice: Danish version)

Laura Bro ... Røskva (voice: Danish version)
Marie Ingerslev ... Tjalfe (voice: Danish version)
Nis Bank-Mikkelsen ... Odin / Udgårdsloke (voice: Danish version)
Benny Hansen ... Hymer (voice: Danish version)
Olaf Nielsen ... Rolf (voice: Danish version)
Thomas Eje ... Quark (voice)
Claus Ryskjær ... Ravnen Hugin (voice: Danish version)
Kirsten Rolffes ... Ravnen Munin / Røskvas og Tjalfes mor (voice: Danish version)
Jesper Klein ... Mimer / Røskvas og Tjalfes far (voice: Danish version)
Susse Wold ... Sif / Elle (voice: Danish version)
Percy Edwards ... Other voices (voice: Danish version)
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Allan Corduner ... Loke (voice: English version) (as Alan Corduner)
Michael Elphick ... Udgaardsloki (voice: English version)
John Hollis ... Hymer (voice: English version)
Alexander Jones ... Chalfe (voice: English version)
Mark Lewis Jones ... Odin (voice: English version)
Suzanne Jones ... Roskva (voice: English version)
Geoffrey Matthews ... (voice: English version)
Stephen Thorne ... Thor (voice: English version)
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Runtime:
76 min | USA:89 min
Country:
Denmark
Language:
Danish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Finland:K-6 | Denmark:7 | Sweden:7 | Iceland:L
Company:
Swan Film Production A/S more

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Trivia:
The movie was animated to fit the English language, then lip synchronized into Danish and other languages. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Bagom Valhalla (2003) (V) more

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19 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent work; a bit of a classic, 5 May 2003
9/10
Author: Peter from Copenhagen, Denmark

"Valhalla" has become a bit of a Danish classic, for years rating as a key product of Danish children's fiction. Since it was based on a popular Danish comic album series and helped establish a growing cartoon industry in Denmark, it has also achieved some popularity with young film aficionados, resulting for instance in the recent petition campaign for the DVD release of the film.

Having re-watched the film on the video release recently, I have almost exclusively positive remarks for the film. In all parts of the production this is solid work. There is, perhaps, more cuteness than true drama, and the film is left too short to be epic, but these are descriptions rather than criticisms.

Three things struck me as particularly note-worthy about the production: First, the story does well to transport the imagination of the beholder into the world of the old mythology. To that end, I took special note of the opening prologue scene in which a narrator introduces us to the land of the gods and the story that is to begin; it is almost perfectly styled. Second, as a very positive quality to the story in general, the gods of the story are portrayed funnily and full of flaws, bad tempers, etc. Third, the music of the entire film is excellent, balancing the dramatic and light styles elegantly to fit the moods of the film.

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