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The Viking Sagas

The Viking Sagas

Ashley Gething

2011

  • Documentary
  • History
5.6

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about one of the most compelling of the great Viking stories - the Laxdaela Saga. This hour-long film explores how the unique literary achievements of the Saga writers were possible at a time of such immense cultural, political and religious upheaval.

Cast & crew

  • Ashley GethingDirector
  • Janina RamirezSelf - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez)
  • Sigurdur AtlasonHimself - Sorcery Expert
  • Vilborg DavíðsdóttirHerself - Writer & Historian (as Vilborg Davidsdottir)
  • Benedikt ErlingssonHimself
  • Hilmar Örn HilmarssonHimself - Pagan Priest (as Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson)
  • Siggi JokulssonHimself - Farmer and Storyteller
  • Einar KárasonHimself - Best-selling Author (as Einar Karason)
  • Heather O'DonoghueHerself - Professor of Old Norse, Oxford University

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