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After decades of phony Hollywood Vikings, you can finally see the real thing if this film ever makes it to video or DVD. It is made in Iceland, with Icelandic dialog, and captures the authentic speech and flavor of the sagas: the understatement, occasional grim humor, and slow nursing of grudges over the long winters until they flower into blood feuds. The film also shows the strong bonds of loyalty and affection that held families and clans together, and the painfully developed methods of negotiating settlements that prevented the medieval Icelanders from wiping each other out completely. Indispensible for those who love the Icelandic sagas.
Audio/Hlj贸冒: Icelandic
Subtitles/Texti: 脥slenska/Icelandic, Enska/English
Run time: 100 min
Overview
User Rating:6.4/10 IMDB
Director:脕g煤st Gu冒mundsson
Writer:脕g煤st Gu冒mundsson (writer)
Release Date:31 October 1981 (Iceland)
Genre:Biography | Drama
Cast:
Tinna Gunnlaugsd贸ttir
Arnar J贸nsson
Kristj谩n J贸hann J贸nsson
脼r谩inn Karlsson
Benedikt Sigur冒arson
Helgi Sk煤lason
Ragnhei冒ur Steind贸rsd贸ttir
Bjarni Steingr铆msson
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