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The Long Ships is a 1964 Anglo–Yugoslav adventure film shot in Technirama directed by Jack Cardiff and starring Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn and Rosanna Schiaffino.
The Long Ships: Directed by Jack Cardiff. With Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn, Rosanna Schiaffino. A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.
The Long Ships or Red Orm (original Swedish: Röde Orm meaning Red Orm, lit. Red Serpent or Red Snake) is an adventure novel by the Swedish writer Frans G. Bengtsson. The narrative is set in the late 10th century and follows the adventures of the Viking Röde Orm - called "Red" for his hair and his temper, a native of Scania.
Under the opening titles of The Long Ships, we see Rolfe (Richard Widmark), in a Viking ship being pulled apart by a fierce storm. A long and striking narration sequence follows - a sequence designed by Maurice Binder in which live-action silhouettes act out the scenes described against a series of backgrounds composed of colored stones.
The Long Ships. 1964 · 2 hr 6 min. TV-PG. Adventure · Drama. A Moorish chieftain and a Viking adventurer butt heads while searching for the golden bell of St James, cast from gold looted by Crusaders. Subtitles: English. Starring: Sidney Poitier Richard Widmark Rosanna Schiaffino Oscar Homolka Russ Tamblyn. Directed by: Jack Cardiff.
Awful international Technirama hodge-podge, adapted from a novel by Frank G Bengtsson, in which the Vikings wrestle with the Moors to lay hands on the legendary Golden Bell of St James...
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A Viking thane (nobleman) and master-shipbuilder's adventurous son Rolfe returns after years of adventurous plundering, claiming he's on the trace of the legendary golden bell.
The Long Ships takes place all over the known Viking world, with the exception of Iceland, Greenland, and the struggling Vinland colony. Its hero, Red Orm Tostesson, sails to France, Spain (where he serves in the guard of the Moorish leader Almansur), Ireland, England, Denmark, Sweden, and even Russia.
A Viking epic starring Poitier as a Moorish chieftain and Widmark as a Viking adventurer who butt heads during a search for the golden bell of St. James, cas...
Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treasure, and sails with his crew from Scandinavia to Africa to track it down.
