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Valhalla Rising

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Original title

Valhalla Rising

Year

2009

Running time

100 min.

Country

Denmark

Director

Nicolas Winding Refn

Screenwriter

Roy Jacobsen, Nicolas Winding Refn

Cast

Music

Peter Kyed, Peter Peter

Cinematography

Morten Søborg

Producer

Co-production Denmark-United Kingdom;

La Belle Allee Productions, NWR Film Productions, Nimbus Film Productions, One Eye Production, Savalas Audio Post-Production, BBC Film

Genre

Adventure. Drama | Vikings. 10th Century. Middle Ages. Experimental Cinema

Synopsis

A thousand years ago. One-Eye (Mads Mikkelsen), an enigmatic, mute warrior-slave, is freed from captivity and falls in with a party of Christian Vikings who set out for the Holy Land but cross the wrong sea and reach America, where they are overwhelmed by the vast land and its potentially hostile inhabitants.

Critics' reviews

"Valhalla Rising gets into your mind and stays there. You can argue what, if anything, it’s trying to say, but it is impressive cinema. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"

Kim Newman: Empire

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Ranking Lists Position

28 My Favorite Danish Movies (19)
93 My Top 10 Movies from 2009 (29)

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Valhalla Rising

2009

Nicolas Winding Refn

5.8

(7,037)