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Title: Ragnarok (2013)
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| Pål Sverre Hagen | ... | Sigurd | |
| Nicolai Cleve Broch | ... | Allan | |
| Sofia Helin | ... | Elisabeth | |
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Bjørn Sundquist | ... | Leif |
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Maria Annette Tanderø Berglyd | ... | Ragnhild |
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Julian Podolski | ... | Brage (as Julian Rasmussen Podolski) |
| Terje Strømdahl | ... | Henriksen | |
| Kyrre Haugen Sydness | ... | Sponsorsjef | |
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Marika Enstad | ... | Sponsorkvinnen |
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Tom Aksel Mathisen | ... | Sponsormannen |
| Jens Hultén | ... | Vikingkongen | |
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Vera Rudi | ... | Åsa |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Stefan Cronwall | ... | Viking | |
| Rina Kelly | ... | Maren | |
When the archaeologist Sigurd can't settle on the myth about Ragnarok, the end of the world in Northern mythology, he decides to go on an expedition together with two colleagues and his two kids. This adventure leads them to Finnmark in the Northern most part of Norway, and into "No man's land" between Russia and Norway, where no one has been in modern times. Old runes get new meanings when they unveil the truth. A truth bigger and more spectacular than you would have dreamed. Written by OJT
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Coming from a premiere screening of the Norwegian family adventure film "Gåten Ragnarok" I'd have to say I expected more. This is not a big genre in Europe, being a mix between a realistically told Indiana Jones and National Treasure and a tad of Jurassic Park. It's got appraisals from the first festivals it's been showed in Canada and USA, but that might have made my expectation too high.
We meet a couple of archaeologists which do an exciting find just when the scientist's funding are cut down. The find is a stone with old runes, which is old Nordic letter-writings carved in stones and wood. The find is supposed to be lead out of the mysterious find of the Oseberg viking ship, which is a real and factual unique find of a viking ship used as burial ground for two women made at Oseberg in the South of Norway.
The story is of course just adventure, and no answer to the riddle of who these women where, though one of the probably were a viking queen, and the other probably her slave. Still the archaeologist are both looking for a treasure and for more viking finds up in Finnmark in northern Norway.
The film starts up quite good, though the two kids slowly ruins the film for me with a bit to unprofessional play, but for a young audience (this film is rated 11 years in Norway), this will have good entertainment value. The audience in the theater thought so, I understand. Still there where too many plot holes for me, and I also found the story dragged a little too much for my taste. But then again this is not my genre of film if it's not kept more funny or realistically told.
I liked "Troll hunter" because of the great CGI and the humor, and I liked the action in Indiana Jones and "Jurassic Park", though I found "National treasure" to be boring, and "The Mummy" awful. This falls short of the best, but far better than the two worst. But good family entertainment, though too scary for the youngest if they don't have hands to hold.