Russian movie Viking

[Von Stroheim]

Saw the trailer on Twitchfilm and it looks splendid



apologies if anyone has posted about this film before

[wolfkarl]

WOW!!!

[The Dozing Dragon]

Saw the clip the other day....looks incredible...

[WillieB]

That's a must see!

I'll even learn a few words of Russian if they don't give subtitles

[Rhoderic]

It looks a lot like that movie "Mongol" except it's "Viking"

[grant]

It looks a lot like that movie "Mongol" except it's "Viking"

Mongol was a lot of fun actually! 

[Rhoderic]

Mongol was a lot of fun actually!  

Yeah, it was quite good as the sort of film that we wargamers would naturally like. Judging by the trailer, Viking looks very, very similar in style and production budget (to say nothing of the similar naming convention), only with a different historical warrior culture. I wonder if there's any connection - Mongol was directed by a Russian IIRC.

[Atheling]

*That* is how you do it.......

I realise that the budgets may well have been vastly different for the Last Kingdom and this movie but the BBC did pump £10,000,000 into the former and still came up with a crock of pooh!

Assuming the plot is good and the characters strong it looks very much as though the Russians look like they are pointing the way forward.

Darrell.

[Emir of Askaristan]

Nah it's got square shields and leather helmets again.......

It looks good....but so did that Icelandic/Danish/Canadian version of Beowulf....stunning....til the plot wandered off some place else.

Kidding..off course it looks good and I'll be keeping an eye for this one, Vikings in Russia...about time too.

[rumacara]

Some more to see:

[Atheling]

Some more to see:

Honed helmets..... of dear.....

Norse cavalry charges???  

I'm not saying they didn't happen but there is only one example where the Norse were fighting the Carolingians that I can think of. (I forget the name of the battle)  

On the positive side, there are no shields with holes where the boss should be, most are even covered with hide! Certainly an Improvement of The Lost Kingdom

Maybe I was slightly premature in my praise!  

Darrell.

[Comsquare]

Honed helmets..... of dear.....

Norse cavalry charges???  


Darrell.

Exactly my thoughts 

[rumacara]

Just one on the viking leader.
Not the best movie but certainly a lot of ideas.
Its called Stara Basn and its a Polish movie.

[Fabien]

Thank you for this link.

The trailer looks very spectacular ! 

[Rhoderic]

Even the plot of Viking (as described on Wikipedia) sounds very similar to Mongol, but I can't seem to find any direct connection between the two films.

It seems Viking has in large parts been filmed in Crimea during 2015. I'll say nothing more of it.