Viking ocean cruises 2020 world cruise filmography. Riche of hay hill today presented his viking creations, inspired by the kirk douglas film the vikings. With richard widmark, sidney poitier, russ tamblyn, rosanna schiaffino. Douglas plays einar, the legitimate son of viking king borgnine who was actually two years younger than douglas. With kirk douglas, tony curtis, ernest borgnine, janet leigh. The vikings with kurtk douglas, tony curtis and as we can see here ernest borgnine as the role of the viking leader ragnar. Inspired by the novel the viking by edison marshall, the vikings was lensed on location in norway under extremely adverse weather conditions. Dec 09, 2016 many happy returns to kirk douglas, who is a hundred years old today. The vikings richard fleischer, 1958 he vikings 1958 part 1 of 14. It is based on the 1951 novel the viking by edison marshall, which in turn is based on material from the sagas of ragnar lodbrok and his sons. Einar kirk douglas e eric tony curtis sao meioirmaos. Allstarcinetextunited artists the film opens on an animated bayeux tapestry not strictly about the vikings, followed by an immediate, fullblooded depiction. Apr 26, 2014 the vikings richard fleischer, 1958 he vikings 1958 part 1 of 14.
December 9, 1916 february 5, 2020 was an american actor, producer, director, philanthropist, and writer. 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. Jack cardiff gives us the fjords of norway, lean and mean viking ships, and a brainbashing acrobatic castle assault designed to outdo burt lancaster. Douglas soon developed into a leading boxoffice star. Film avec kirk douglas streaming vf complet papystreaming. When the vikings kidnap the princess morgana janet leigh, psycho, her beauty inflames the. Eve miller, patrice wymore, edgar buchanan, alan archer, alan hale jr this movie is a wonderful inspirational western. Other starring roles were taken by tony curtis, janet leigh and ernest borgnine. It was set in the 9th century, it looked authentic and the music was memorable. The movie was directed by mario camerini, who cowrote the screenplay with writer franco brusati. Directed by and starring kirk douglas, this movie released in 1958. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he made his film debut in the strange love of martha ivers 1946 with barbara stanwyck.
Prepare a funeral for a viking, tony curtis intones after the manoamano fight that leaves kirk douglas dead. Richard fleischer this adventure was produced by and stars kirk douglas, with tony curtis and janet leigh. The vikings 1958 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Kirk douglas, tony curtis, ernest borgnine, janet leigh extras. Jack cardiffs cinematography leading the way as bigshot ragnar ernest borgnine sails in with spy egbert james donald and meets strapping son einar kirk douglas in the vikings, 1958 view the tcmdb entry for the vikings 1958. Theres something magical about a classic adventure film that modern films of the genre dont seem to match. The most obvious method would be to leap joyfully, from oar to oar, along the flank of. How he managed to import vikings to the neighborhood of 50 bc will have to be explained by someone whos seen the movie. Kirk douglas and the vikings brothers ink productions. Kirk douglas western movies to watch free westerns tv. A slave and a viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess. Douglas soon developed into a leading boxoffice star throughout the 1950s and 1960s, known for doing.
It is based on a novel inspired by the sagas of ragnar lothbrok old norse. The vikings was released in 1958 and it has not aged well. Katheryn winnick, gustaf skarsgard, alexander ludwig, georgia hirst. The full credits appear only at the end of the film. Vikings opekkha live at return of vikings vikings s4 e4 yol gisla confronte rollo. This personal battle comes to a head when douglas and curtis both lay claim on captured english princess janet leigh. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. It turned out that the boats built for the film were too accurate, because the modern actors were taller than their historical counterparts. Diverse, prominent actors from kirk douglas, richard widmark and sidney poitier to tim robbins and john cleese, and noted directors, including richard fleischer, clive donner and terry jones, have all lent their talents to vikingrelated films. Retrouvez tous les film streaming et serie streaming, gratuit et illimitethe vikings 1958 film wikipedia. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The vikings, american adventure film, released in 1958, that was based on the novel the viking by edison marshall. The book details the life in hollywood during the red scare of mccarthyism that was a dark period of hatred, divide and antiamerican behavior that gripped the country for over a decade. The child who is born as a result of that assault grows up to be curtis, a viking slave who knows nothing of his parentage.
Avec kirk douglas, tony curtis, ernest borgnine, janet leigh. Of the costume drama spectaculars of the 1950s1960s, it has the most coherent script and theme. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents, he had his film debut in the strange love of martha ivers 1946 with barbara stanwyck. It was produced by jerry bresler and stars kirk douglas. Ernest borgnine is a viking king, compelling in this rudecrude role, and kirk is his son. The vikings is an adventure film directed by richard fleischer in 1958 technicolor, produced by and starring kirk douglas, and based on the novel the viking by edison marshall, based in its turn on material from the sagas of ragnar lodbrok and his sons. Apr 30, 2002 the vikings 1958 mgm home entertainment cast. Pictured are ernest borgnine, janet leigh and kirk douglas. Other starring roles were taken by then husbandandwife tony. Making a film, breaking the blacklist is an amazing memoir written over fifty years after he made the remarkable film. The following is the filmography of american film and stage actor, film producer and author kirk douglas. Enraged, douglas orders the slave tossed into a pit of giant crabs. The vikings 1958 viking prince einar kirk douglas doesnt know it, but his most fearsome enemy, the slave eric tony curtis, is actually his half brother.
Sweeping adventure saga of the vikings 9thcentury invasion of england centers on a viking warrior prince kirk douglas and a former slave tony curtis, bitter enemies and unwitting halfbrothers who clash over control of the british kingdom of northumbria and the love of a beautiful english princess janet leigh. The big trees starring kirk douglas complete western movie. Richard fleischers viking saga is a great star showcase for the grinning oneeyed kirk douglas, sullen onehanded tony curtis and the heavybreathing, twobreasted janet leigh. Jack cardiffs cinematography leading the way as bigshot ragnar ernest borgnine sails in with spy egbert james donald and meets strapping son einar kirk douglas in the vikings, 1958.
Asterix et les vikings, aka asterix and the vikings 2006 in this animated film, asterix the gaul has adventures with, and probably at the expense of, vikings. Then i got to the chapter on the making of the vikings 1958, and i found a stunt in that movie that deserves the award for 1958. Call me a fool, but i feel strongly that the richard fleischer kirk douglas 1958 film the vikings is a waitingtoberediscovered masterpiece. Ulisse is a 1954 italian fantasyadventure film based on homers epic poem odyssey.
Douglas, the son of viking leader ernest borgnine, carries on a film length feud with slave tony curtis, who, though he does not realize it, is actually his illegitimate son. The three viking ships in the film were designed using blueprints for an actual viking ship salvaged from the water and restored by a viking museum in norway. His popular films include out of the past 1947, champion 1949, ace in the hole 1951, the bad and the beautiful 1952, 20,000 leagues under the sea 1954, lust for life 1956. Prince einar kirk douglas, paths of glory, ace in the hole is the son and heir of a savage viking chieftain ernest borgnine, violent saturday, the wild bunch. Factual and fanciful tales of the nordic warriors known as vikings have proven irresistible to filmmakers for nearly a century. He and douglas, borgnines legitimate son, take a dislike to each other and fight a duel, during which curtis falcon claws out one of douglas eyes.
Film avec kirk douglas, tony curtis, ernest borgnine. When american film star kirk douglas maintained there were no real vikings today rolf schonherder resolved to prove him wrong, and today from bergen, norway, the viking ship the vikings, with schonheyer in command, leaves bergen, norway bound fro new york. Sep 4, 2015 still of kirk douglas and janet leigh in the vikings 1958. Bryna productionunited artists album p09rar from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. The following is the filmography of american film and stage actor, film producer and author kirk douglas 19162020. This is a list of pirate films and series, primarily in the pirate film genre, about the golden age of piracy from the 17th through 18th centuries. The vikings is a 1958 adventure film directed by richard fleischer and filmed in technicolor. Prince eric tony curtis, some like it hot is his unknowing halfbrother, the bastard offspring of einars father and an english queen. The vikings is a classic hollywood story of the legendary viking leader ragnar and his two feuding sons. The original choice for director was georg wilhelm pabst but he quit at the last minute.
The vikings 1958 the vikings, a 1958 adventure set in the northern territories of ferocious men and icy death, stars kirk douglas and tony curtis, and features ernest borgnine, james donald and curtis wife, janet leigh. It could be that for some of these classics, historical accuracy wasnt as important as telling a fun and adventurous story with big name actors playing a bit of dress up. Einar kirk douglas is a vicious, savage warrior, the son of a ruthless viking chieftain and proud heir of the viking empire. Announcedin production movies here, some looking very interesting. Kirk is a lumber tycone who starts out despicable but ends up seeing the err of his ways. The vikings is a 1958 epic historical fiction swashbuckling film directed by richard fleischer and filmed in technicolor. Adding to the difficulty was the fact that star kirk. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. The film opens with a title card followed by an offscreen prologue spoken by orson welles and accompanied by an animated sequence detailing a brief history of the vikings. With jagged scars down his face and a milkywhite blind eye that almost glows in his skull, douglas has a rowdy time battling.
The long ships 1964 jack cardiff, cinematographer on the vikings, was promoted to director for this similarlythemed adventure, starring richard widmark as a fortuneseeking norseman and sidney. Kirk douglas produced the trendsetting barbarian epic the vikings and took the showiest, most aggressive role. The films cinematographer mario bava codirected the polyphemus cyclops segment. The vikings 1958 stream and watch online moviefone.
Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of ragnar lothbrok, a viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore and raid the distant shores across the ocean. The viking age is fascinating and mythical, and the historical fiction movie the vikings from 1958 filmed in technicolor is the precursor to a number of films and tv series about the norsemen. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The former is a great warrior whilst the other is an exslave, but neither knows the true identity of the other. May, 2015 are there any disney movies that feature vikings, viking esque characters or characters that have a similar warrior look. Einar kirk douglas e eric tony curtis sao dois meioirmaos vikings. Aug 15, 2010 this scene is from one of my favorite movies. The story was filmed primarily on location in norway and brittany, france, and tracks the lives of two viking. Why richard fleischers the vikings is not for revisionist. Still of kirk douglas in the vikings 1958 kirk douglas.
Links for other lists they all have fewer films though. Starring 1950s icons, kirk douglas and tony curtis, the movie opens with the sacking of the northeast of england by ragnar and his viking men, which ends with the queen of northumbria pregnant by ragnar, who unknowingly takes the baby. I am spartacus making a film, breaking the blacklist by. Wiki myth, wiki history, vikings of bjornstad, vikingmoviesinfo. The list includes films about other periods of piracy, tv series, and films somewhat tangentially related, such as piratethemed pornographic films. Kirk douglas and richard harris star in this film about the world war ii norwegian resistance against german troops who were manufacturing a component for the atomic bomb.
Other starring roles were taken by then husbandandwife tony curtis and. Diverse, prominent actors from kirk douglas, richard widmark and sidney poitier to tim robbins and john cleese, and noted directors, including richard fleischer, clive donner and terry jones, have all lent their talents to viking related films. His popular films include out of the past 1947, champion 1949, ace in the hole 1951, the bad and the beautiful 1952, 20,000 leagues under the sea 1954, lust for life 1956, paths of glory 1957, gunfight at the o. His half brother eric tony curtis is a former slave who has in him the blood of einars father and an english queen, but neither man is fully aware of the circumstances that surround them. It knowledgeably explores the themes europe was dealing with during its dark ages. Refine see titles to watch instantly, titles you havent rated, etc. Still of kirk douglas and janet leigh in the vikings 1958. Released 1958, the vikings stars kirk douglas, tony curtis, janet leigh, ernest borgnine the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 54 min, and received a score of. Search, discover and share your favorite kirk douglas gifs. In the film, viking pirates raid britain from norway and rape and pillage. It was noted for its efforts to be an authentic portrayal of viking life. Opening sequence with animated viking scrolls, given gravity by orson welles narration, from director richard fleischers the vikings, 1958, starring kirk douglas, tony curtis and janet leigh view the tcmdb entry for the vikings 1958. Jan 10, 2014 factual and fanciful tales of the nordic warriors known as vikings have proven irresistible to filmmakers for nearly a century. Final scene and closing credits from the vikings by richard fleischer 1958 titulo brasileiro.
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