7 Films & TV Shows Set In Iceland During The Middle Ages
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The Northman
🇮🇸 Iceland The Middle AgesFrom acclaimed director Robert Eggers, The Northman is an epic revenge thriller that explores how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father.
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Ring of the Nibelungs
🇮🇸 Iceland 🇩🇪 Germany The Middle Ages The 5th CenturyThe Nordic legend that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien to write the Lord of the Ring trilogy. — In this swords-and-sorcery tale, good-hearted blacksmith Eyvind hides away infant Prince Siegfried after two malevolent kings murder his father. But a fiery meteor sent by the gods reveals Siegfried's destiny, sending him on the quest of a lifetime. To save a crumbling kingdom claim the heart of his true love, he'll have to slay the nefarious dragon, Fafnir.
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The Viking Sagas
🇮🇸 Iceland The Middle AgesThe film chronicles a long-ago time when men relied not on their intellect to make points, but on their swords. A mythical warrior ('Ralf Moeller (I)') wanders the snow-capped landscapes of the North territories on an arduous quest for vengeance. Amid nobles and schemers, saints and brutes, and lovers and fools, this Viking swings his sword for his family's honor, his beloved's hand, and the very survival of his pitiless culture.
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The White Viking
🇮🇸 Iceland 🇳🇴 Norway The 10th CenturyNorway in the 10th century. Askur, son of the powerful Thorgeir marries Embla, daughter of one of the few remaining landowners in Norway, in a pagan ceremony. King Olav, a ruthless christian, wants to eredicate all traces of non-christian beliefs and captures the two of them during the ceremony. In order to free Embla, Askur must go to Iceland and convert the people there to catholicism.
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In the Shadow of the Raven
🇮🇸 Iceland The Middle AgesTrausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan leader. Isold, daughter of Erikur now takes his place. Isold and Trausti are attracted to each other, but Isold was promised to Hjoerleifur - the son of the Bishop (of Iceland) and his powerful wife. However, Isold has a plan...
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When the Raven Flies
🇮🇸 Iceland The Middle AgesVikings pillage Ireland, seeking silver and slaves, slaying men and women in the process. A young boy is spared when a Viking takes pity on him instead of killing him. Twenty years later the boy returns to Iceland take his revenge.
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Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli
🇮🇸 Iceland The 10th CenturyBased on the saga of Gísli Súrsson, one of the Icelandic Sagas.
