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The Viking Sagas (2011)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 59M

Director : Ashley Gething

Synopsis

Part of the BBC’s ‘Free Your Imagination: Books on the BBC’, the ‘Viking Sagas’ is a Century Films Production. This hour-long film explores how the unique literary achievements of the Saga writers were possible at a time of such immense cultural, political and religious upheaval.

Actors

Sigurdur Atlason
Sigurdur Atlason
Himself - Sorcery Expert
Vilborg Davíðsdóttir
Vilborg Davíðsdóttir
Herself - Writer & Historian (as Vilborg Davidsdottir)
Benedikt Erlingsson
Benedikt Erlingsson
Himself
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Himself - Pagan Priest (as Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson)
Siggi Jokulsson
Siggi Jokulsson
Himself - Farmer and Storyteller
Einar Kárason
Einar Kárason
Himself - Best-selling Author (as Einar Karason)
Heather O'Donoghue
Heather O'Donoghue
Herself - Professor of Old Norse, Oxford University
Gisli Sigurdsson
Gisli Sigurdsson
Himself - Historian
Janina Ramirez
Janina Ramirez
Herself - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez)

Crews

Ashley Gething
Ashley Gething
Director
Adam Barker
Adam Barker
Executive Producer

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