As a kid I was always wanting this to come on TV on a Sunday afternoon We also watched it during a Typhoon on Okinawa from military TV as a Marine around 1979
see what a great actor Kirk Douglas was--she tells him tony curtis's character is his brother and then in the sword fight you can actually see the doubt surface in kirk douglas' eyes, he's looking at this guy and seeing some kind of family resemblance. that's how great an actor he was. mystical.
Love that film too. First watched it at home in 1973 just in the middle of my young Viking obsession, which to be fair I have never really lost. I was reading the third book of Henry Treece's trilogy based on the life of a fictional Harald Sigurdson. Loved the books and the stories in them and could not believe it when this film came on. Spent the next few years playing and re-enacting the whole film.
I first came across Henry Treece's books in 1985, when I was 12 years old, and I immediately fell in love with his writing and the Viking world he portrayed. I was just feeling a little nostalgic about my youth and "The Vikings" film in particular this evening. Still to this day a great film.
con esta pelicula de niño me enamore de los vikingos. Un autentico peliculon. kirk Douglas, como siempre, se sale. para mi es increible que Michael Douglas tenga 2 Oscars y su padre ninguno cuando kirk Douglas era uno de los mejores actores de la història de largo y su hijo un mediocre.
I went to this castle a few weeks back. That tower is well high and way too scary for people to run around (at least it was when I was there but was windy). Big up to Mr Kirk D!
JUST ABOUT THE GREATEST ENDING EVER TO A CLASSIC MOVIE. R.I.P TONY. LONG LIVE THE GREAT KIRK DOUGLAS. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHDDDDDDDDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still amazing today, for 1958 it's truly astounding. Grand scenes, inspiring score, amazing acting, fantastic fight scenes, and back drops that are 'bite the back of your hand' beautiful. But maybe that's because I'm from Northumberland where it's set and was filmed.
Wasn't. That castle is 14th century Fort-La-Latte, perched spectacularly atop cliffs on the north Brittany coast of France, between St Brieuc and St Malo.
I have roots in the Shetlands. There's a festival every year where our respect for our Viking heritage is commemorated by building a longboat and setting it on fire ;)
The movie is still popular. Just think at the funeral scene in REDCLIFFE in the Computer Game DRAGON AGE ORIGINS that had been clearly influences by this movie. Also interesting to fans of Kirk Douglas, who also had produced this movie, may be the interview to this film. On TH-cam: Kirk Douglas talkes The Vikings in rare 1958 interview. put on the Net by Eyes On Camera, at 2/27/2015 Best part of the Interview to me: PEOPLE WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED, German Movie and TV makers are forgetting this to often. That is why so many of the socalled German entertainment productions done in the German speaking countries come over so boring. At least this iis my personal lifelong impression. And this is why I cherrish movies like THE VIKINGS so much even they are very old by now in coamparison to more modern productions. So THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEAR MR: DOUGLAS for making this movie and REST IN PEACE.
6:28 that arrow hitting the sail originally was not planned but an extra's accident. they rewrote the scene on the spot and reedited it so the one arrow was a ceremonial one and the remaining arrows were supposed to follow.
este final cuando muere Einar,kirk Douglas ,es muy parecido al de Gladiator,dicen lo mismo ,preparar el funeral para un romano y alzan el cadaver de la misma manera que en esta escena.
I so wanted Einar to win and then tell the woman at the end to get lost and then go back to Norway/Denmark and get a good, loving, wholesome Viking woman! Where is a time machine so I can re-write the script?!
I’m surprised Einar’s buddies didn’t kill Eric after he slew their king. That shot with the first arrow was a mistake as they were all supposed to shoot at once; but the director kept it in there and modified the ceremony a bit.
Also Tony Curtis was an annoying actor, i never liked his characters. But that ending was not by chance, they made it intentionally because Kirk was the star of the movie after all, but his character was the bad guy in this movie, so, if Einar dies he must die this way, because the audience identifies with him. He's the man!
They cut off the horns especially for this movie,Kirk said it was extremely painfull having his removed LOL Seriously an epic I saw loads of times when young, the music is inspiring. anyone know how to get the full movie please?
Is anyone else but me pissed off with this ending. I mean seriously Einar should have lived and Eric should have died. A mere slave attacking Einar (royalty) with an hawk in the begining. then feeeding Einars father to the English, while in the process stealing the one girl Einar truly loves away from him. And to top it all off in the end when Einar shows him mercy Eric suckershots him in the gut. Erics an asshole, the wrong guy died.
Well, let Mel Gibson do that job, he's the only man who can make something special nowadays. I'm sure his viking movie is going to be a good film (and the movie is in english, so it looks like we can have a new Bravehaert...).
@kittenmouse23 I wish that neither died, & they could've ruled over the vikings as brothers, but I guess someone had to die there. lol to also consider that I was named after the viking king, Ragnar
@CiNeMaN512 Haha!! I totaly agree mate. I love this film but that Eric takes the piss from start to finish. He annoys me through out the film, he never smiles once, even when he escapes and he all loved up with the girl. They have remade loads of shit films but they never remake good ones. I would like to see a remake on this. I know it would'nt be as good as the original, they never are, but it would still be interesting. Also they change things around. Mabey they could change the ending!
I... my goodness. This is terrible... The level of historical inaccuracy here. And the fight choreography is HORRIBLE. I guess I should be glad they don't have horned helmets...
As a kid I was always wanting this to come on TV on a Sunday afternoon
We also watched it during a Typhoon on Okinawa from military TV as a Marine around 1979
A great movie with a great cast that could never be repeated...
see what a great actor Kirk Douglas was--she tells him tony curtis's character is his brother and then in the sword fight you can actually see the doubt surface in kirk douglas' eyes, he's looking at this guy and seeing some kind of family resemblance. that's how great an actor he was. mystical.
My favourite film of all time.
Magnífica película, con uno de los finales mas bonitos que recuerdo y una banda sonora bellísima.
Love that film too. First watched it at home in 1973 just in the middle of my young Viking obsession, which to be fair I have never really lost. I was reading the third book of Henry Treece's trilogy based on the life of a fictional Harald Sigurdson. Loved the books and the stories in them and could not believe it when this film came on. Spent the next few years playing and re-enacting the whole film.
I first came across Henry Treece's books in 1985, when I was 12 years old, and I immediately fell in love with his writing and the Viking world he portrayed. I was just feeling a little nostalgic about my youth and "The Vikings" film in particular this evening. Still to this day a great film.
happy birthday kirk a legend in my eyes
RIP Tony Curtis, this was. The first movie I saw him as a kid, what a legend.
I loved this movie as a kid.
Always loved this film (and the haunting music) as a kid.. Finally bought it on DVD for about £3 about 10 years ago! I just hope they don't remake it!
Que excelente pelicula, el final siempre me emocionó.
Gran reparto y banda sonora.....que pena que muchos ya han fallecido.
Mi reconocimiento.
con esta pelicula de niño me enamore de los vikingos. Un autentico peliculon. kirk Douglas, como siempre, se sale. para mi es increible que Michael Douglas tenga 2 Oscars y su padre ninguno cuando kirk Douglas era uno de los mejores actores de la història de largo y su hijo un mediocre.
as a history buff, you have no idea how happy it makes me to see vikings NOT wearing horns! :D :D
I'm in.
I went to this castle a few weeks back. That tower is well high and way too scary for people to run around (at least it was when I was there but was windy). Big up to Mr Kirk D!
One of the saddest endings to a film
JUST ABOUT THE GREATEST ENDING EVER TO A CLASSIC MOVIE. R.I.P TONY. LONG LIVE THE GREAT KIRK DOUGLAS. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHDDDDDDDDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ダグラスさん スペクタルの映画素晴らしい最高大スタ―ですね👍💯🤗
Estas películas eran preciosas 👍👏👏
Serio con rubies , agua marina, esmeraldas, plata , oro , brillantes supongo ...
@455Transam This scene was filmed at castle La Latte, Britanny, France.
This is a great scene (1:52) just look at the background. Wonderful acting and a wonderful movie!
Fun fact the sword fight from 'The Secret of NIHM' is shot for shot the same as this
Still amazing today, for 1958 it's truly astounding. Grand scenes, inspiring score, amazing acting, fantastic fight scenes, and back drops that are 'bite the back of your hand' beautiful. But maybe that's because I'm from Northumberland where it's set and was filmed.
Wasn't. That castle is 14th century Fort-La-Latte, perched spectacularly atop cliffs on the north Brittany coast of France, between St Brieuc and St Malo.
one of the more stirring final scores! beat only by the closing theme of Excalibur.
The theme of Excalibur was from Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle, not original.
My father and I saw this when I was a boy. He said he wanted a viking funeral. He saw action in World War2 as a tanker.
Did he get it?
vi esta pelicula cuando era nina me gusto mucho,tremendas colas en los cines de cuba para ver esta pelicula al igual que la de espartaco
“If I can’t have your love, I’ll take your hate!” … “Oooooooo’din!”
This is the situation I am these days.
Greatest sword fight scene eve " Prepare a funeral for a Viking " almost as good as the ending of Casa Blanca
EPIC ending ! but what a way to go 😃
i love this film :-))
R.I.P Tony Curtis. A hollywood great.
au Fort La Latte, Côtes d'Armor, en BRETAGNE :-D !!!!!! merveilleux site
I have roots in the Shetlands. There's a festival every year where our respect for our Viking heritage is commemorated by building a longboat and setting it on fire ;)
Si os interesa el tema de los vikingos os recomiendo Run, la leyenda de los nueve mundos. Precisamente, está basado en esta pelicula.
You can't beat the epicness
Победил андердог. Смотрел на всё это в1978 году, Асбест. Тогда, мальчишке, казался невероятным этот фильм.
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Admit it folks, THIS, is the Kirk Douglas that Don Rickles totally nails, in his infamous Dean Martin roast!
The movie is still popular. Just think at the funeral scene in REDCLIFFE in the Computer Game DRAGON AGE ORIGINS that had been clearly influences by this movie.
Also interesting to fans of Kirk Douglas, who also had produced this movie, may be the interview to this film. On TH-cam: Kirk Douglas talkes The Vikings in rare 1958 interview. put on the Net by
Eyes On Camera, at 2/27/2015 Best part of the Interview to me: PEOPLE WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED, German Movie and TV makers are forgetting this to often. That is why so many of the socalled German entertainment productions done in the German speaking countries come over so boring. At least this iis my personal lifelong impression. And this is why I cherrish movies like THE VIKINGS so much even they are very old by now in coamparison to more modern productions. So THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEAR MR: DOUGLAS for making this movie and REST IN PEACE.
Bobby R.I.P.
6:28 that arrow hitting the sail originally was not planned but an extra's accident. they rewrote the scene on the spot and reedited it so the one arrow was a ceremonial one and the remaining arrows were supposed to follow.
este final cuando muere Einar,kirk Douglas ,es muy parecido al de Gladiator,dicen lo mismo ,preparar el funeral para un romano y alzan el cadaver de la misma manera que en esta escena.
QEPD Kirk Douglas.
I so wanted Einar to win and then tell the woman at the end to get lost and then go back to Norway/Denmark and get a good, loving, wholesome Viking woman! Where is a time machine so I can re-write the script?!
At the top of a castle Kirk and Tony fight I like very much this movie.
SUBLIME!
❤❤❤❤❤
Fort La Latte en France, je suis allé dans ce château, je suis monté dans la tour où le combat a été filmé, que de sensations !!!
I’m surprised Einar’s buddies didn’t kill Eric after he slew their king. That shot with the first arrow was a mistake as they were all supposed to shoot at once; but the director kept it in there and modified the ceremony a bit.
Impressive adventure movir
Jeez, relax. It's only a movie, not a history lesson.
Also Tony Curtis was an annoying actor, i never liked his characters. But that ending was not by chance, they made it intentionally because Kirk was the star of the movie after all, but his character was the bad guy in this movie, so, if Einar dies he must die this way, because the audience identifies with him. He's the man!
Kirk Douglas rulessss!!!
muito bom Eric!
They cut off the horns especially for this movie,Kirk said it was extremely painfull having his removed LOL Seriously an epic I saw loads of times when young, the music is inspiring. anyone know how to get the full movie please?
Prepare a funeral for a Viking !
"EERIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!"
Is anyone else but me pissed off with this ending. I mean seriously Einar should have lived and Eric should have died. A mere slave attacking Einar (royalty) with an hawk in the begining. then feeeding Einars father to the English, while in the process stealing the one girl Einar truly loves away from him. And to top it all off in the end when Einar shows him mercy Eric suckershots him in the gut. Erics an asshole, the wrong guy died.
Es curioso que Douglas muere por la herida de la espada de Curtis, y no.le sangra lo más minimo...😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
"ODIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!!!"
@CiNeMaN512 : I never thought about it that way your right!
What happened to all the other Vikings hope they got a Viking funeral as well
Well, let Mel Gibson do that job, he's the only man who can make something special nowadays. I'm sure his viking movie is going to be a good film (and the movie is in english, so it looks like we can have a new Bravehaert...).
Yeah, that's JUST what the world needs. Martin Riggs as a Viking!
This is true, but Eric is awesome because that's my name.
I wanna be a With Healthbars version.
why did he hesitate?
Great Film but it sounds like they've got high heel shoes on.
@diddymuck Excalibur has Wagner, it is not a fair fight, really! :D Tough this score is still great!
@kittenmouse23 I wish that neither died, & they could've ruled over the vikings as brothers, but I guess someone had to die there. lol to also consider that I was named after the viking king, Ragnar
@CiNeMaN512 Haha!! I totaly agree mate. I love this film but that Eric takes the piss from start to finish. He annoys me through out the film, he never smiles once, even when he escapes and he all loved up with the girl. They have remade loads of shit films but they never remake good ones. I would like to see a remake on this. I know it would'nt be as good as the original, they never are, but it would still be interesting. Also they change things around. Mabey they could change the ending!
Однорукий против одноглазого. Победил однорукий, хотя одноглазый был сильнее
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I... my goodness. This is terrible... The level of historical inaccuracy here. And the fight choreography is HORRIBLE. I guess I should be glad they don't have horned helmets...
They didn't have the facts and knowledge we have discovered today.
Mes balls ah des jesus