DVD
The Vikings
Call Number
- DVD ACTION (CEN)
Performers
Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh, James Donald, Alexander Knox, Maxine Audley, Frank Thring, Eileen Way, Edric Connor, Dandy Nichols.
Publication Information
[Beverly Hills, CA] : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (116 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Series
Summary
It is the Middle Ages, and nothing is more feared in England than Viking warriors. In one of many raids, Viking leader Ragnar kills the English king and forces himself on the Queen. With the King dead, his brother takes the thrown but unknown to anyone but a trusted servant, the Queen is now with child. In order to protect the boy, he is sent away to be raised in safety away from the new King. Twenty years later, the Vikings under are still raiding England and they now have an Englishman, Egbert, making maps of the English coast for them. Ragnar has a son, Einar, a lusty warrior who takes what he wants when he wants it. They also have a slave, Eric, taken prisoner as an infant. Egbert realizes from a necklace Eric wears that he is the son of the Queen and is Einar's half-brother. When they kidnap Morgana, a Welsh beauty and the English King's betrothed, the stage is set for an inevitable clash between the half-brothers and with the reigning English King.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the novel "The Viking" by Edison Marshall.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
Special features: A tale of Norway: featurette with director Richard Fleischer ; trailer gallery.