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Director:
Writers:
Frans G. Bengtsson (novel)
Beverley Cross (screenplay)
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Release Date:
24 June 1964 (USA) 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
NewsDesk:
Jack Cardiff, Legendary Cinematographer, Director And Writer, Dies At Age 94
(From CinemaRetro. 22 April 2009, 3:59 PM, PDT)
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Fond memories more (53 total)
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 |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Dugi brodovi (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
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Runtime:
USA:126 min
Country:
UK | Yugoslavia
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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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
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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
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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!