Erik the Viking
Erik the Viking
“ A Middle Ages Crisis. ”
CINEMA1989-09-01
RegionSE / GB
Runtime107 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“A comic Viking adventure built around Valhalla, Ragnarök, and a culture that measures worth through violence. Beneath the jokes is a genuine question about whether an inherited heroic code still deserves obedience.”
Storyline
Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.
DIRECTOR / Director
Terry Jones
KEYWORDS
vikings norsemennorwaybased on children's booknorse mythologynorse god
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A comic Viking adventure built around Valhalla, Ragnarök, and a culture that measures worth through violence. Beneath the jokes is a genuine question about whether an inherited heroic code still deserves obedience.
