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Director:

Jack Cardiff

Writers:

Frans G. Bengtsson (novel)
Beverley Cross (screenplay)
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Release Date:

24 June 1964 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Adventure more

Tagline:

The Greatest Viking Adventure Of Them All!

Plot:

There is a legend about a great bell, called "The Mother of Voices," made of pure gold, three times the size of a man, made by monks many years ago... more | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. more

User Comments:

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Cast

  (Credited cast)

Richard Widmark ... Rolfe

Sidney Poitier ... Aly Mansuh
Russ Tamblyn ... Orm
Rosanna Schiaffino ... Aminah
Oskar Homolka ... Krok
Edward Judd ... Sven
Lionel Jeffries ... Aziz
Beba Loncar ... Gerda
Clifford Evans ... King Harald
Gordon Jackson ... Vahlin
Colin Blakely ... Rhykka
David Lodge ... Olla
Henry Oscar ... Auctioneer
Paul Stassino ... Raschild
Jeanne Moody ... Ylva
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Dugi brodovi (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
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Runtime:

USA:126 min

Country:

UK | Yugoslavia

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Australia:PG | West Germany:12 (nf) | Norway:16 | Netherlands:12 (2003) (DVD) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Yugoslavia

Company:

Avala Film more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Film known for a torture contraption called the "Mare of Steel" depicted as a huge curved blade as large as a Trojan Horse, which unlucky prisoners were forced to climb and ride down on their exposed bellies, hands tied, splaying them open at it's base and impaling them on a bed of two foot steel spikes. more

Goofs:

Factual errors: The devil was not part of the Vikings' religion. more

Quotes:

Rolfe: If we ever had children, my lady, what princely liars they would be! more


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Fond memories, 11 June 2001
7/10
Author: nefer_t from Glasgow, Scotland

I recently watched this film again, for the first time in years. OK, so maybe it's not as historically accurate as it could be. But the acting (in the main) is still good, the music is superb, and I defy anyone *not* to be scared when Poitier says "You will ride the Mare of Steel", surely one of the most gruesome punishments in the history of the cinema!

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