Category: Films

Valhalla, A Danish Animated Film From 1986

Valhalla is a great, funny, and well made Danish animated film released in 1986 which, in my humble opinion, is suitable to all categories and all ages of animation/cartoons fans out there! It is one of the best all time films on the Viking Age (even if it’s a rather fictional animation), in my humble…


Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014) – A Film On The Viking Age

‘Northmen: A Viking Saga‘ is a 2014 film directed by Claudio F쎤h. The film was produced by Swiss Elite Film Produktion AG (from Z쎼rich) in collaboration with Jumping Horse Film GmbH (from Hannover, Germany) and Two Oceans Production PTY Ltd. (from Cape Town, South Africa). ‘Northmen: A Viking Saga’ depicts the hectic voyage of a…


The Viking Voyage – BCC Timewatch Documentary (2008)

An epic voyage showcasing the thrilling experience of 65 amazingly brave people who wanted to set sail from Roskilde, Denmark to Dublin, Ireland on the Viking Age reconstructed longboat ‘Havhingsten fra Glendalough’ — in translation ‘Sea Stallion from Glendalough’ — was filmed by the BBC for the historic TV series Timewatch. The longship with which…


The Viking Burial (Det Brente Skipet) – Norwegian Documentary

Nordfjordeid is a small village from western Norway (Norwegian: Vestlandet, Vest-Norge or Vest-Noreg). It is the administrative centre of the municipality of Eid which belongs to Sogn og Fjordane county. Subsequent excavations from two burial mounds dating back to the Viking Age on the site of a small farm in the village led to the…


A Brief History Of The Normans – The Men From The North

Normandy is a historical region located in contemporary northwestern France. It is renowned through its long standing historical legacy, as from late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages it had gradually been inhabited by Celts, Romans, and Germanic tribes, among which most notably were the Normans. The Roman Empire was ultimately forced to withdraw from…