The Vikings
(Los vikingos)
(USA, 1958 [Color, 116 m.].
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Ficha técnica.
Direccióon: Richard Fleischer.
Argumento: Edison Marshall (novela, "The Viking").
Guión: Calder Willingham, Dale Wasserman (adaptación).
Fotografía: Jack Cardiff.
Música: Mario Nascimbene.
Producción: Jerry Bresler, Lee Katz (no acreditado).
Productora: Brynaprod S.A. / Curtleigh Productions.
Sinopsis: Los vikingos de la Europa de los siglos VIII y IX adoraban a Odin, dios pagano de la guerra, quien guiaba sus pasos por los mares cada vez que emprendían la conquista de un país. Dos de estos hombres valientes, Einar y Eric, hijos ambos del rey Ragnar -aunque ninguno conocía su parentesco-, se odiaron durante toda la vida, pero se vieron obligados a unir sus fuerzas para rescatar de Inglaterra y de su rey a la princesa Morgana, a la que ambos amaron desde el primer momento. (FILMAFFINITY)
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"Una maravilla. Una película olvidada que urge reivindicar. La relación entre Kirk Douglas y Tony Curtis es abrasiva." (Carlos Boyero: Diario El Mundo)
Comentario: Cine de aventuras en estado puro (y, además, Janet Leight, que diría Cirlot).
AMG Synopsis: Inspired by the novel The Viking by Edison Marshall, The Vikings was lensed on location in Norway under extremely adverse weather conditions. Adding to the difficulty was the fact that star Kirk Douglas and director Richard Fleischer never quite found a common ground, and for years thereafter would hold each other responsible for the film's falling short of its potential. Still, the finished product is quite a feast for the eyes and ears. Douglas, the son of Viking leader Ernest Borgnine, carries on a film-length feud with slave Tony Curtis, who, unbeknownst to everyone but Borgnine, is Kirk's illegitimate brother. This personal battle comes to a head when Douglas and Curtis both lay claim on captured English princess Janet Leigh. The scene everyone remembers in The Vikings finds Borgnine, at the mercy of wicked monarch Frank Thring, defiantly throwing himself into a pit of ravenous wolves. Launched into distribution with one of the splashiest ad campaigns in United Artists' history, The Vikings proved an enormous success; it inspired the 1959 TV series Tales of the Vikings, which utilized the film's props, costumes and scale-model ships. In 1964, The Vikings served as the inagural presentation of ABC's Sunday Night Movie series.
AMG Review: A big, robust and hearty adventure epic, The Vikings is no classic, but it provides a considerable amount of entertainment value, especially for those who are fans of empty-minded action. Not that Vikings doesn't have other things on its mind than fights and wolf pits and manly punishments; it's just that its mind doesn't really move too deeply into those other things. Yes, Janet Leigh is on hand for some "kiss panels" and to provide the appropriate plot complications, but she's handled rather mechanically. And there's plenty of family secrets and hidden rivalries, but they're not etched in a particularly Eugene O'Neill-insightful manner. No, Vikings is your typical Saturday morning adventure flick, but blown up big and given a generous budget and estimable cast. The stars can't do a lot with the material, of course, but Kirk Douglas clearly enjoys the chance to let all the stops out and prove that he can both act AND bound across a row of oars. Tony Curtis is not so comfortable with the goings-on and, as is often the case with a period costume piece, doesn't really seem to fit http://sharethefiles.com/forum/viewtopi ... t=188697in. But Ernest Borgnine is a hoot as the Viking father to end all Viking fathers, and Leigh looks lovely and determined. It's visually a delight, especially with Jack Cardiff's powerful cinematography. Richard Fleischer's direction is not his best, but it's much more than adequate and keeps things moving at a lively pace.
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