Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America (2007)

Director:

Tony Stone

Writer:

Tony Stone

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

An epic adventure of exploration

Plot:

On the coast of North America in AD 1007, two Norsemen are stranded when their expedition is attacked and they are left for dead...

Plot Keywords:

Viking | Vinland | Norse Mythology | Non Statutory Female On Male Rape | Native American

Cast

Fiore Tedesco	...	Volnard
Tony Stone	...	Orn
David Perry	...	Monk One
Noelle Bailey	...	Abenaki Woman
Gaby Hoffmann	...	Orn's Wife
James Fuentes	...	Abenaki Man
Clare Amory	...	Volnard's Sister
Nathan Corbin	...	Viking Thrall
Sean Dooley	...	Monk Two

Directed by
Tony Stone

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tony Stone

Produced by
Clare Amory	....	co-producer
Amy Hobby	....	executive producer
David Raymond	....	executive producer
Tony Stone	....	producer

Cinematography by
Nathan Corbin
Damien Paris

Film Editing by
Tony Stone

Production Design by
Bob Braine
Bill Stone
Tony Stone

Costume Design by
Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili
Clare Amory

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Rosenthal	....	assistant director

Special Effects by
Mark Bero	....	special effects

Editorial Department
David Gauff	....	online editor

Production Companies

• Heathen Films

Distributors

• Magnet Releasing (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Heathen Films (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (DVD)
• Magnet Releasing (2007) (USA) (all media)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA (2010)

Filming Locations:

Maine, USA

Company:

Heathen Films

Movie Connections:

Edited from The Seventh Seal (1957)

no guns, no germs, only steel

There obviously were some major exploratory discoveries unrecorded in history that no human being alive today knows about. This movie depicts one of them and the subtitle gives it its significance. The two lost Vikings represent two elements that have created the American character, the heathen and the Christian, both so western in character. Here we see the first dude on our soil. We graphically see the most important defecation in the history of North America, the first human waste to touch and fertilize its soil and perhaps ultimately to make it toxic. The defecation becomes a ritual act. If guns, germs and steel conquered the North American wilderness, here we have only steel and no long term conquest; The sound of steel on wood is an underlying rhythm in the film. And it is very prescient that some of the chopping is mindless. The sound of the axes is woven into the incredible sound track. The film is very much about music. It is the exquisite lyrical blending of music and image that make this movie totally mesmerizing. Very little dialogue is needed and very little is supplied. This movie is not for film illiterates who think that the best of the best of the Dogma films is just unsteady camera work. This film will polarize the audience and separate the mindful from the mindless. The mindful being those who will love this genre creating movie.