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Erik the Viking is a 1989 British comedy-fantasy film written and directed by Terry Jones. The film was inspired by Jones's children's book The Saga of Erik the Viking (1983), but the plot is completely different.
Sep 22, 1989 · Erik the Viking: Directed by Terry Jones. With Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, Terry Jones. Erik the Viking and his men travel across the sea to find Valhalla to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnarok.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- Terry Jones
- 1989-09-22
Erik Thorvaldsson [a] (c. 950 – c. 1003), known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland. Erik most likely earned the epithet "the Red" due to the color of his hair and beard.
Erik The Viking is a 1989 comedic fantasy film directed by Terry Jones. Starring Tim Robbins as Erik, the story follows a Viking on a quest to end Ragnarok, the age of darkness. The film combines humor and mythology, featuring John Cleese, Mickey Rooney, and Eartha Kitt in supporting roles.
Erik the Red (flourished 10th century, Norway?) was the founder of the first European settlement on Greenland ( c. 985) and the father of Leif Erikson, one of the first Europeans to reach North America.
- Birgitta Wallace
Apr 2, 2014 · Around 982, Erik the Red entrusted his setstokkr (large beams with Viking symbols that held mystical value in Nordic pagan religion) to Thorgest, a fellow settler. Later, when he went to...
Oct 5, 2012 · 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 ...
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