Normannerne

Normannerne

1976
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Overview

With "The Normans," painters Paul Gernes and Per Kirkeby wanted to make a film about the Viking Age, but not a traditional fiction film set in that period. Instead, the film has a contemporary setting, in which a guide shows various historical sites and tries to bring the past to life, even though she has only one interested listener. Within this framework, episodes from Danish mythology are brought to life: King Skjold, Rolf Krake, Regnar Lodbrog, the Battle of Svold, etc. The film mainly follows the account in Saxo's chronicle, but also dramatizes a story by the Arab author Ibn Fadlan. He described the cremation of a Viking chieftain in Russia around the year 900, where, among other things, a slave woman was sacrificed after ritual intercourse. The film is based on a number of historical and archaeological studies. The loose form is intended to emphasize how fragmentary our knowledge of the Viking Age actually is.

Status: Released

Language: DA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Crone Film Produktion
Production Countries
Denmark
Spoken Languages
Danish

Quick Facts

Release Date April 1, 1976
Status Released
Language DA
IMDb ID tt0125956

Cast

Lisbet Dahl
Lisbet Dahl

Museumsguide

Henning Jensen
Henning Jensen

Interesseret tilhører

Preben Lerdorff Rye
Preben Lerdorff Rye

Regnar Lodbrog

Dick Kaysø
Dick Kaysø

Rolf Krake

Lene Tiemroth
Lene Tiemroth

Trælkvinde, der ofres

Birgit Brüel
Birgit Brüel

Offerpræstinde

Jens Brenaa
Jens Brenaa

Lise Kamp Dahlerup
Lise Kamp Dahlerup

Orla Rasch
Orla Rasch

Key Crew

Paul Gernes
Director
Saxo Grammaticus
Writer
Per Kirkeby
Director
Per Kirkeby
Writer
Paul Gernes
Writer

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