Valhalla Rising

6.120091h 33mReleased

Adventure

Drama

Action

Fantasy

Overview

Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.

StatusReleased

Release Date2009-09-04

Runtime1h 33m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesDenmarkUnited Kingdom

Budget$5,650,000

Revenue$31,000

Keywords

Videos

4 total

Trailer

Official Australian Trailer

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Cast & Crew

Mads Mikkelsen

as One-Eye

Gary Lewis

as Kare

Jamie Sives

as Gorm

Ewan Stewart

as Eirik

Alexander Morton

as Barde

Callum Mitchell

as Pagan Viking Guard

Andrew Flanagan

as Duggal

Douglas Russell

as Olaf

Maarten Stevenson

as Are / The Boy

Gordon Brown

as Hagen

Reviews

John Chard

Jun 3, 2014

3/10

It never manages to rise above its one trick. Nicolas Winding Refn directs and Mads Mikkelsen stars in this ponderous exercise in arty veneers. Refn boldly strips back the dialogue and plot to reveal a picture big on ideas but poor in execution. As the story plods along, stopping only briefly for some guttural violence now and then, it becomes e…

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Wuchak

May 6, 2018

7/10

Twilight of the grim, grey… um… RELEASED IN 2009 and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, "Valhalla Rising” takes place in the 11th century where a one-eyed mute thrall (Mads Mikkelsen) obtains his freedom in the Scottish Highlands and joins a band of Viking Christians on a voyage to the Holy Land to fight in the Crusades, but the expedition doesn’…

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