Northmen - A Viking Saga (2014)

A band of Vikings cross enemy lines and a panicked race begins. The losers will pay with their lives.

Director:

Claudio Fäh

Writers:

Bastian Zach, Matthias Bauer

Stars:

Ed Skrein, Tom Hopper, James Norton

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ed Skrein	...	Hjorr
Tom Hopper	...	Asbjorn
James Norton	...	Bjorn
Charlie Murphy	...	Inghean
Ryan Kwanten	...	Conall
Ken Duken	...	Thorald
Leo Gregory	...	Jorund
Anatole Taubman	...	Bovarr
Darrell D'Silva	...	Gunnar
Nic Rasenti	...	Gostun
Mark Strepan	...	Grim
Joe Vaz	...	Murdill
Danny Keogh	...	King Dunchaid
Johan Hegg	...	Valli
Richard Lothian	...	Haldor

Storyline

A band of Vikings are stranded behind enemy lines on the coast of Alba as their longboat goes down in a dreadful storm. Their only chance of survival is to find a path to the Viking settlement, Danelagh, traversing an unfamiliar and hostile land they have never known. The journey becomes a race for their lives when the King of Alba sends his most feared mercenaries after them. But when the Vikings meet a kind Christian Monk who preaches with his sword, the hunters become the hunted as the Vikings set deadly traps, mercilessly decimating their pursuers one by one, culminating in a final and deadly encounter.

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Plot Keywords:

viking | noble | sword | violence | battle | 

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Taglines:

A band of Vikings cross enemy lines. And a panicked race begins. The losers will pay with their lives.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | History

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence throughout

Did You Know?

Trivia

The cave scenes were shot in the Cango Caves complex near Oudtshoorn, South Africa. Cango is one of the world's most extensive cave systems; much of it is unexplored.

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Goofs

When the leader of the Wolves is killed, it's by the Monk's staff, and he sinks into the moor. In the next shot, when the group is crossing the moor, the Monk is seen with the staff, yet at the "last stand" moment, he is weaponless, as seen by Jorund tossing him one of his knives.

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Quotes

Bjorn: Where are we? Not Lindisfarne.

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Connections

Referenced in Best of the Worst: The Photon Effect, How I Saved the President, and Double Down (2015)

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Soundtracks

Deceiver of the Gods
by Amon Amarth

User Reviews

Great viking quest movie!

What the hell is wrong with reviewers nowadays? Who rates low a viking movie that is filled with action and interesting characters? Why would you watch a viking movie otherwise? For the romance?

This film has a classic story of a team of fearless warriors stuck in a foreign land and hunted by their enemies. Somehow a monk and a princess get into the mix, some Viking vs Scot fights, but most of the action is related to the pack of mercenary "Wolves" that are hunting them down to get the princess. They're from the Carpathians, so really mean :)

The acting is good, the action sequences well done and the entire film is entertaining from start to end. There are some weird scenes with rough warriors that care nothing of death suddenly shouting "Noooo!" when a friend dies, or random characters surviving the impossible and appearing out of nowhere, or people all speaking the same language, but overall everything is well done.

Bottom line: this is not a Hollywood movie, it's a German coproduction, but it barely shows, mainly in the accents of the actors (who should be Vikings anyway). I have seen many other "Viking movies" that are way worse that this and I personally enjoyed this quite a lot. Who knew Ryan Kwanten could be such a badass?

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook [Germany] Official site [Germany]

Country:

Switzerland UK Germany South Africa

Language:

English Scots

Release Date:

23 October 2014 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Northmen - A Viking Saga

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,005,082

Company Credits

Production Co:

Elite Filmproduktion, Jumping Horse Film, Two Oceans Production (TOP)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1