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Valhalla Rising
Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.
2010 · Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn · 93 min · Adventure · Drama · Action · Fantasy · 10 frames
Crew
- Written by: Nicolas Winding Refn, Roy Jacobsen
- Cinematography: Morten Søborg
- Edited by: Matthew Newman
- Music: Peter Peter, Peter Kyed
- Production design: Laurel Wear
- Produced by: Johnny Andersen, Henrik Danstrup, Bo Ehrhardt
Cast
- Mads Mikkelsen as One-Eye
- Gary Lewis as Kare
- Jamie Sives as Gorm
- Ewan Stewart as Eirik
- Alexander Morton as Barde
- Callum Mitchell as Pagan Viking Guard
- Andrew Flanagan as Duggal
- Douglas Russell as Olaf
- Maarten Stevenson as Are / The Boy
- Gordon Brown as Hagen
Production
- Country: Denmark, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: BBC Film, La Belle Allee Productions, NWR Film Productions, One Eye Production
- Budget: $5,650,000
- Box office: $31,000
- Themes: escape, hell, mythology, surreal, gore, vikings (norsemen), mute, brutality, slave, one eyed man
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