The White Viking

Name: The White Viking
Director: Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Released: 1991-11-01
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Gottskálk Dagur Sigurðarson, Maria Bonnevie, Egill Ólafsson, Tomas Norström, Þorsteinn Hannesson

Directed by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson

Drama

Adventure

19912h 5m6.2

Overview

Norway in the 10th century. Askur, son of the powerful Thorgeir marries Embla, daughter of one of the few remaining landowners in Norway, in a pagan ceremony. King Olav, a ruthless christian, wants to eredicate all traces of non-christian beliefs and captures the two of them during the ceremony. In order to free Embla, Askur must go to Iceland and convert the people there to catholicism.