The Viking Sagas

Duration: 59 min

Release date: 2011-05-10

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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.

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The Viking Sagas

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as Self - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez)

Sigurdur Atlason

Sigurdur Atlason

as Himself - Sorcery Expert

Vilborg Davíðsdóttir

Vilborg Davíðsdóttir

as Herself - Writer & Historian (as Vilborg Davidsdottir)

Benedikt Erlingsson

Benedikt Erlingsson

Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson

Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson

as Himself - Pagan Priest (as Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson)

Siggi Jokulsson

Siggi Jokulsson

as Himself - Farmer and Storyteller

as Himself - Best-selling Author (as Einar Karason)

Heather O'Donoghue

Heather O'Donoghue

as Herself - Professor of Old Norse, Oxford University

Gisli Sigurdsson

Gisli Sigurdsson

as Himself - Historian

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