The Historical Movies Podcast

The Vikings (1958)


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Is this still the best Vikings movie ever made? We take a look at 1958's The Vikings starring Kirk Douglas (fufilling his childhood dream of playing a viking on screen), Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Ernest Borgnine.

We take a look at how the production got a lot of the historical stuff right, how they were limited by their knowledge in 1950s and what aspects of this movie are complete Hollywood bulls**t!

Plus the science of Kirk Douglas' bum chin, the potential of a Green Party-style Einar/Eric co-leadership and where are the horned helmets?

Did you do a better job of remembering Snorri Sturluson's name, or would just like to get in touch? Drop us a line at [email protected]

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The Historical Movies PodcastBy Ros and Bryce Evans