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Title: When the Raven Flies (1984)
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Jakob Þór Einarsson | ... | Gest |
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Edda Björgvinsdóttir | ... | Gest's Sister |
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Helgi Skúlason | ... | Thord |
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Gotti Sigurdarson | ... | Einar (as Gottskálk D. Sigurdarson) |
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Flosi Ólafsson | ... | Erik |
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Egill Ólafsson | ... | Thord's Brother |
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Sveinn M. Eiðsson | ... | Guard |
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Þráinn Karlsson | ... | Olaf the Childlover |
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Anna S. Karlsdóttir | ... | (as Anna Karlsdóttir) |
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Ireland: Vikings pillage the land, seeking silver and slaves, slaying men and women in the process. A young boy is spared when a Viking takes pity on him instead of killing him. Iceland 20 years later: The boy returns to take his revenge on the killers, the Norwegian foster brothers; Thord and Eirik, by cunning and hidden weapons. Written by Stle A. Olsen <sao@idt.unit.no>
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IcelandicRelease Date:
25 April 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Thord: He is young. The journey would kill him.
Björn: Kill him. He is old enough to have seen to much.
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Hrafn Gunnlaugsson still owns the wooden statues of Odin and Thor used in the film and has them on display outside his home on Iceland. See more »Quotes
Olaf the Childlover: What are we supposed to do with this one?Thord: He is young. The journey would kill him.
Björn: Kill him. He is old enough to have seen to much.
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Powerful viking movie shot on Iceland, using a cowboy manuscript for sure! The mowie portrays the cruelty, tenderness, pride and extreme violence of that era, with great reality. Still there is that bit of the lone gunman out on the prairie,(here knife-thrower on the island Iceland) which just adds to the magnificent story of revenge. Gest (main character) comes to Iceland seeking revenge over the men who slaughtered his parents and kidnapped his sister in a viking raid in Ireland. Here he finds that his sister has married one of them.
Psychologically fast paced, as is the chain of events. Daring new use of music for this genre of movie, at times not all that successful.