The White Viking
Hvíti víkingurinn
Release: 1991-11-01
·Runtime: 125m
·★ 5.9
Drama
Adventure
Norway in the 10th century. Askur, son of the powerful Thorgeir marries Embla, daughter of one of the few remaining landowners in Norway, in a pagan ceremony. King Olav, a ruthless christian, wants to eredicate all traces of non-christian beliefs and captures the two of them during the ceremony. In order to free Embla, Askur must go to Iceland and convert the people there to catholicism.
Production Countries
Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Production Companies
Filmeffekt AS
DR
YLE
RÚV
NRK
SVT
Cast
Gottskálk Dagur Sigurðarson
as Askur
Egill Ólafsson
as Olaf Tryggvason
Gunnar Jónsson
as Gunnar
Torgils Moe
as Thordur
Tommy Karlsen
as Mar
Sveinn M. Eiðsson
as Völondur
Jón Tryggvason
as Ketill
Lars Reynert Olsen
as Kolbeinn Thordarsson
Tomas Norström
as Bishop Thangbrandur
Maria Bonnevie
as Embla
Árni Tryggvason
as Gudmundur
Sif Ragnhildardóttir
as Gudmundur's Woman
Helgi Skúlason
as Thorgeir
María Sigurðardóttir
as Abbessa Stella
Bríet Héðinsdóttir
as Hallbera
Flosi Ólafsson
as Runolfur
Johannes Brost
as Kolbeinn
Þráinn Karlsson
as Hrappur
Edda Björgvinsdóttir
as Bergthora