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Valhalla Rising (2009)

100 min · Action, Adventure, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, medieval film

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Directors

Nicolas Winding Refn

Cast

Mads Mikkelsen, Alexander Morton, Jamie Sives, Douglas Russell, Gary Lewis, Gary McCormack, Gordon Brown, Andrew Flanagan

The story

In 12th century Scandinavian Scotland, a mysterious mute one-eyed thrall is held captive by a Norwegian chieftain from Sutherland and forced to fight to the death against others. He receives his meals from a young thrall boy, who seems to sympathise with him. After dreaming of finding an arrowhead in a pool, One-Eye actually finds it when bathing.

Catalogue themes and tags

Aggression, Avenger, Bestimmung, Cage, Chain, Child Hero, Christianity, Christin, Crusade, Crusader, Flucht, Gewalt, Imprisonment, Indian, Inhumanity, Jerusalem, Kampf, Kampf um Existens, Kämpfer, Man, Mittelalter, Nebel, Nordic Mythology, Ocean, Ocean Crossing, Odyssee, One Man Army, Patriarchy, Rach, Religious war, Retaliation, Rowboat, Scandinavia, Schicksal, Sea, Severed, Ship, Sklaverei, Sklavinnen, Sterben, Supernatural Powers, Tatoos, Thirst, Todesstoß, Tour, Transport of Prisoners, Underdog, Viking, Waffen, Warrior woman, culture clash, häftlinge, Adventure, World cinema, History, Action/Adventure, Period piece, Drama, Action

Genres

Action, Adventure, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, medieval film
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