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The movie is based on Yury Vronsky's novel "Miraculous Adventures of Kuksha of Domovichi". The movie (as well as the novel) is excellent, it's a pity Rostotsky is not alive now, he was one of the best Soviet directors… I liked this movie in my childhood, I like it now. The best viking movie I have ever seen and one of the best historical movies. One can see the plot in summary and I will just admit some of my expressions. Vikings' dresses, armor and weapons show the nice picture of their way of life. Rumbles are quite good, but – alas! alas! - without too much blood (what a pity for guys who watch stupid cheap action films with brain sparks and disemboweling)! The movie is both for the children and adults. There is a nice and not sickly-sweet love story in the movie: beautiful Petronella Barker's Signu (no doubt the best character in the movie) and Alexandr Timoshkin's Kuksha. Two very interesting characters: Torir and Sigurd. Nobleness, friendship, self-sacrifice – one can see all those in "Dragens fange". The quality of a film (22 years old – suppose) is not a problem if you watch the digitized copy.

Why do they stage viking battles, if the actors/stuntmen don't know how to fight? But except for the battles (or lack thereof) the movie give an authentic view of the viking's everyday life, even thou the costumes show that these vikings must be extremely successful.

But when the main conflict is uninteresting and the acting sparkless; I'd rather see "Den hvite viking" (1991) everyday to the end of time than see this one again.

Not bad, not good, just mediocre.

Early medieval Norway as seen through the eyes of a young Slavic man captured by vikings and taken to the north. Vikings are tough and cruel, main female character is charming, landscapes of Norway are beautiful and the story is interesting and twisted. Adventures, love, battles, intrigue... Viking longboats carefully reconstructed. One of fighting scenes shows what a berserker can do in a melee.

Recommended to viking fans!

This is one of the most authentic Nord historic fantasies you'd ever see. It does not romanticize the period, 9th century. Shows that most people of that time are rough and respect only sword. But it also takes you on quite an adventure from Russia and all over North Europe.

I didn't like the film at all. As far as I know, Scandinavian people were always racists, so I couldn't imagine that they have ever taken a stranger and treated him like a friend. Besides, this boring love story... I can't believe that Nordic girl could fall in love with a stranger. The acting is without a spark; as for the main character he is extremely inexpressive, lacks of charisma. Signu... yeah, she is beautiful & SO stupid!!!!!!!! I think Nordic girls are more severe, not so tender as she was. But nature, rocks, rushing sea, trees, the grey sky, animals, some funny fighting scenes - they deserve 10. But I can give only 5 because of the plot.