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
Maria Bonnevie
as Embla
Egill Ólafsson
as Olaf Tryggvason
Tomas Norström
as Bishop Thangbrandur
Helgi Skúlason
as Thorgeir
Jón Tryggvason
as Ketill
Gunnar Jónsson
as Gunnar
Bríet Héðinsdóttir
as Hallbera
Torgils Moe
as Thordur
María Sigurðardóttir
as Abbessa Stella
Flosi Ólafsson
as Runolfur
Árni Tryggvason
as Gudmundur
Sif Ragnhildardóttir
as Gudmundur's Woman
Johannes Brost
as Kolbeinn
Þráinn Karlsson
as Hrappur
Sveinn M. Eiðsson
as Völondur
Tommy Karlsen
as Mar
Edda Björgvinsdóttir
as Bergthora
Lars Reynert Olsen
as Kolbeinn Thordarsson
