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Un esclave et un prince viking se battent pour l'amour d'une princesse captive.Un esclave et un prince viking se battent pour l'amour d'une princesse captive.Un esclave et un prince viking se battent pour l'amour d'une princesse captive.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Récompenses
- 2 victoires et 2 nominations au total
Almut Berg
- Pigtails
- (non crédité)
Peter Capell
- Minor Role
- (non crédité)
Bill Cummings
- Viking Warrior
- (non crédité)
Kelly Curtis
- Young Girl
- (non crédité)
Peter Douglas
- Young Boy
- (non crédité)
Georges Guéret
- Viking Warrior
- (non crédité)
Avis à la une
After reading many of the reviews here, I'd like to remind the younger folk that this is the way movies were, back in the 50's. We didn't mind "weak" (?) Tony Curtis being cast in that role, Ernest Borgnine as Ragnar, etc., all the blood and guts (What? There's more on cable TV today!), the "subservient" (?) women, etc. This was a great, swashbuckling movie, all real, no computer graphics anywhere, trying to portray life as it was in the Viking era. Essentially, a reflection of what we of the mid 20th century expected a Hollywood movie to be. Kudos to the great Kirk Douglas, may he Rest In Peace.
I've always thought that this was a fun film to watch. Kirk Douglas with his impressive physique is well cast but I think Ernest Borgnine steals the show playing his father. A great role for him. Maybe Tony Curtis looks a little out of place among the vikings but he's always been a good enough actor to pull it off. Great sets and just beautiful cinematography. The film was shot on real locations in Norway. If you get a chance to see this just sit back and enjoy this fun adventure film.
This film actually holds up very well in today's show-too-much and CGI blanding effect environment.
Douglas, Curtis and Borgnine run away with it all, and Janet Leigh is rather breathtaking.......
Combat scenes are coarse and brutal, not "300" level, but tough nonetheless. Stunt work is top notch.
The quality of the film, the color, the scope, the natural sets are worth purchasing the DVD for alone. The beautiful score is actually one of the most haunting melodies I have heard in my life.
The tension leading up to the assault on the English castle is dead-on....no music for the most part, just unrelenting marching, and the dread on the faces of the castle defenders.....very satisfying movie experience.
Douglas, Curtis and Borgnine run away with it all, and Janet Leigh is rather breathtaking.......
Combat scenes are coarse and brutal, not "300" level, but tough nonetheless. Stunt work is top notch.
The quality of the film, the color, the scope, the natural sets are worth purchasing the DVD for alone. The beautiful score is actually one of the most haunting melodies I have heard in my life.
The tension leading up to the assault on the English castle is dead-on....no music for the most part, just unrelenting marching, and the dread on the faces of the castle defenders.....very satisfying movie experience.
Call me a fool, but I feel strongly that the Richard Fleischer/ Kirk Douglas 1958 film THE VIKINGS is a waiting-to-be-rediscovered masterpiece.
Of the costume drama spectaculars of the 1950s-1960s, it has the most coherent script and theme. It knowledgeably explores the themes Europe was dealing with during its Dark Ages. Acting performances are first rate (Frank Thring's villainy drips pure acid), and the photography is breathtaking. Mario Nacimbene's score has a majesty that matches any, including its little love theme. See it (if possible) on the big screen/wide screen format.
Of the costume drama spectaculars of the 1950s-1960s, it has the most coherent script and theme. It knowledgeably explores the themes Europe was dealing with during its Dark Ages. Acting performances are first rate (Frank Thring's villainy drips pure acid), and the photography is breathtaking. Mario Nacimbene's score has a majesty that matches any, including its little love theme. See it (if possible) on the big screen/wide screen format.
When I was a boy of 11 years, I admired the reconstructed Viking ships near our cottage at the Hardanger fjord. It was the year 1957, when Kirk, Tony and Borgnine visited our country and participated in this beautiful movie... In a funny sort of way, the picture makes us Norwegians proud of that brutal past... I have seen it many times, and am struck by the surprisingly "right" atmosphere, touched by the landscape that I know so very well, and fascinated by the action. OK, so it's Hollywood, but somehow, I have the feeling they don't make movies like this any more. Pity! Well, maybe I'm getting old.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesErnest Borgnine plays the father of Kirk Douglas. In real life he was 1-1/2 months younger than Douglas.
- GaffesA Norman-style stone castle is featured in England, though the film is set before the Norman Conquest of 1066.
- Crédits fousOpening credits prologue: "PROTECT US OH LORD FROM THE WRATH OF THE NORTHMEN."
- Versions alternativesWhen originally released theatrically in the UK, the BBFC made cuts to secure a 'A' rating. All cuts were waived in 1993 when the film was granted a 'PG' certificate for home video.
- ConnexionsEdited into La Folle Histoire du monde (1981)
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Détails
Box-office
- Budget
- 3 500 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut mondial
- 37 559 $US
- Durée1 heure 56 minutes
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1
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