# The Vikings (1958)

> Two Viking half-brothers clash over Northumbria, love, and destiny in a flamboyant widescreen swashbuckler.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/27627

## Facts

- Runtime: 115 min
- Genres: Adventure, History, Action
- Director: Richard Fleischer
- Cast: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh, James Donald, Alexander Knox, Maxine Audley, Frank Thring
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052365/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: rousing, colorful, heroic, classic adventure night, historical epic marathon

## Movies like The Vikings

- [Erik the Viking (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/6735)
- [Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)](https://ember.film/movie/28188)
- [Quo Vadis (1951)](https://ember.film/movie/6583)
- [The Sea Hawk (1940)](https://ember.film/movie/15592)
- [Spartacus (1960)](https://ember.film/movie/804)
- [In the Shadow of the Raven (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/10136)
- [Taras Bulba (1962)](https://ember.film/movie/27931)
- [Ivanhoe (1952)](https://ember.film/movie/15571)
- [The Last King (2016)](https://ember.film/movie/234199)
- [Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/172418)

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