The White Viking

2h 5min

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 Companies

Filmeffekt AS

DR

YLE

RÚV

NRK

SVT

Release date

1st Nov 1991

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Íslenska