The Vikings - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Vikings"
The Vikings (1958)
Timing:
1:55 (115 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Production Design
Harper Goff
Production Design
Second Unit Director
Elmo Williams
Second Unit Director
Makeup Artist
John O'Gorman
Makeup Artist
Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist
Original Music Composer
Mario Nascimbene
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Production Manager
Julien Derode
Production Manager
Bill Kirby
Production Manager
Screenplay
Novel
Edison Marshall
Novel
Assistant Director
André Smagghe
Assistant Director
Second Unit Director of Photography
Walter Wottitz
Second Unit Director of Photography
Conductor
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Sound
Joseph de Bretagne
Sound
Supervising Editor
Elmo Williams
Supervising Editor
Hairdresser
Vasco Reggiani
Hairdresser
Gabriella Reggiani
Hairdresser
Adaptation
Dale Wasserman
Adaptation
Producer's Assistant
Harper Goff
Producer's Assistant
Music Arranger
Mario Nascimbene
Music Arranger
What's left behind the scenes
- The Viking ships were built from the drawings of an authentic vessel that had been salvaged, restored, and exhibited in a museum in Norway. It turned out, however, that the ships created for the film were recreated too accurately, as modern actors were taller than their on-screen counterparts. Every other oar port had to be plugged to give the actors enough room to row, otherwise they would hit the backs of the people sitting in front of them with the oar handles with each stroke.
- A cloudy contact lens, worn by Kirk Douglas (1916-2020) to simulate a damaged eye, caused the actor so much pain that he could not wear it for more than a few minutes at a time.
- Director Richard Fleischer studied Viking civilization for two years before starting filming. He was particularly interested in accurate drawings of Viking ships and the breeds of horses they used.
- Kirk Douglas served as the film's producer, as he had always wanted to play a Viking.
- The film concludes with a traditional Viking funeral, during which a Viking ship is set ablaze with an arrow tipped with a burning ember. Director Richard Fleischer (1916-2006) extensively trained and prepared the warriors, hoping that at least one arrow would hit the ship's sail and ignite it upon the command of “Three!”. When the time came to film the scene, Fleischer only managed to say “Two…” when one of the warriors released his arrow, resulting in a perfect shot directly into the sail. He then commanded “Three!”, and the remaining warriors fired their arrows as well. Fleischer later decided that he liked that very first shot the most and chose to use it in the film.
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