Victims of the Vikings
“While Vikings have been celebrated as heroic explorers and conquerors, they have a dark history as slavers and human traffickers, the extent of which is being uncovered through archaeology.”
2020•52m•6.6•Released
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
Adventurers, explorers and conquerors: the Vikings are considered the greatest heroes of the Middle Ages. Is this interpretation justified? In fact, they left a far darker and lesser-known mark on history: they were ruthless slavers, human traffickers and hostage-takers. „Victims of the Vikings“ is the first TV documentary to investigate this infamous and often horrifying aspect of the Nordic warriors.
Director
Stefan Ludwig
Writer
Gernot Lercher, Stefan Ludwig
Languages
English, French
Studio
ZDF
Cast
Cat Williams
Melkorka
Rickie O'Neill
Findan
Michael J. Cloke
Höskuldr
Brian Comerford
Old Findan
Eszter Hollósi
Narrator
Joseph Palmer
Irish Slave
Piotr Markiewicz
Viking Chief
Martin Gilligan
Irish Man 2
John Heathwood
Slave Trader
Production
Company
ZDF
Company
ORF
Company
TG4
Company
Česká televize
Company
Abú Media
Company
Interspot Film
Company
ARTE
Company
ORF Enterprise
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