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The Viking Sagas
The Viking Sagas

The Viking Sagas

2011·0h 59m·Documentary, History
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Overview

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

  • Janina RamirezJanina RamirezSelf - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez)
  • Sigurdur AtlasonSigurdur AtlasonHimself - Sorcery Expert
  • Vilborg DavíðsdóttirVilborg DavíðsdóttirHerself - Writer & Historian (as Vilborg Davidsdottir)
  • Benedikt ErlingssonBenedikt ErlingssonHimself
  • Hilmar Örn HilmarssonHilmar Örn HilmarssonHimself - Pagan Priest (as Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson)
  • Siggi JokulssonSiggi JokulssonHimself - Farmer and Storyteller
  • Einar KárasonEinar KárasonHimself - Best-selling Author (as Einar Karason)
  • Heather O'DonoghueHeather O'DonoghueHerself - Professor of Old Norse, Oxford University
  • Gisli SigurdssonGisli SigurdssonHimself - Historian

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