A Middle Ages Crisis.
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.
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Cool, comic, ironic and epic.
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Tim RobbinsErik
- Mickey RooneyErik's Grandfather
- Eartha KittFreya
- Terry JonesKing Arnulf
- Imogen StubbsPrincess Aud
- John CleeseHalfdan the Black
- Tsutomu SekineSlavemaster
- Antony SherLoki
- Gary CadyKeitel Blacksmith
- Charles McKeownSven's Dad
Crew
- Terry JonesDirector
- Terry JonesScreenplay
- Ian WilsonDirector of Photography
- Neil InnesOriginal Music Composer
- George AkersEditor
- John GoldstoneProducer
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