Queen of the Vikings
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Queen of the Vikings |
| Original title | The Viking Queen |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1967 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Don Chaffey |
| script | Clarke Reynolds |
| production | John Temple-Smith |
| music | Gary Hughes |
| camera | Stephen Dade |
| cut | Peter Boita |
| occupation | |
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Queen of the Vikings (Original title: The Viking Queen ) is a British adventure film directed by Don Chaffey from 1967.
action
Shortly before his death, the British King Priam chose his middle daughter Salina as his successor. He concludes a peace treaty with the occupying power of Rome , according to which Priam's successor and Emperor Nero should rule Britannia equally. When Salina becomes a Viking queen, she tries to keep the peace at the side of the Roman governor Justinian, because the Romans have forbidden the religion of the druids . The occupiers in turn want to drive them out of the country in order to regain their old power.
The two rulers fall in love, which leads to displeasure on both sides. They also raise taxes for the merchants, who then plan a conspiracy to overthrow the lovers. In a distant part of the country they instigate a druid revolt. Since Octavian, the first man of Justinian, who was conspiring with them, cannot be with his commander because he is supposed to put down another, nearby uprising, also staged by the traders, the governor himself has to go out to fight the druids. While he is absent, Octavian takes over his post, lowers the taxes for the merchants again, but rules with such cruelty that Salina and her people rise up against the Romans.
Wearing armor and girded with a sword, the Queen of the Vikings goes to war. Octavian's troops are destroyed. With the returning Justinian it comes to the decisive battle, at the end of which the defeated queen throws herself voluntarily into a sword.
background
Queen of the Vikings is based on a story by John Temple-Smith , who was also a producer. The film was shot in Ireland , at Ardmore Studios and in County Wicklow . It premiered in British cinemas on March 26, 1967 . The film was released in cinemas in the Federal Republic of Germany on July 12, 1967.
synchronization
The German editing was done by Berliner Synchron . Dietmar Behnke was responsible for the dialogue and direction .
| actor | role | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Don Murray | Lieutenant Justinian | Christian Rode |
| Carita | Queen of the Vikings / Princess Salina | Ursula Heyer |
| Donald Houston | Druid Maelgan | Benno Hoffmann |
| Andrew Keir | Octavian | Arnold Marquis |
| Adrienne Corri | Princess Beatrice | Herta Kravina |
| Niall MacGinnis | Tiberion | Konrad Wagner |
| Wilfrid Lawson | King Priam | Eduard Wandrey |
| Nicola Pagett | Princess Talia | Evelyn Gressmann |
| Patrick Troughton | Tristram | Claus Holm |
| Sean Caffrey | Fergus | Christian Brückner |
| Denis Shaw | Osiris | Gerd Duwner |
criticism
For the lexicon of international film , the Queen of the Vikings was an “elaborate but undemanding spectacle”.
Web links
- Queen of the Vikings in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Queen of the Vikings in the online movie database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information . British Film Institute . Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- ↑ a b Queen of the Vikings. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 23, 2017 .
- ↑ Queen of the Vikings. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on July 23, 2017 .