The Vikings

1958 film directed by Richard Fleischer
Movie film Q1146960
The Vikings
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The Vikings

Summary

The Vikings is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (482 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Vikings's image is recorded as Vikings moviep.jpg[3].
  • The Vikings's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • The Vikings's director is recorded as Richard Fleischer[5].
  • The Vikings's screenwriter is recorded as Calder Willingham[6].
  • The Vikings's screenwriter is recorded as Dale Wasserman[7].
  • The Vikings's composer is recorded as Mario Nascimbene[8].
  • The Vikings's genre is recorded as film based on a novel[9].
  • The Vikings's genre is recorded as drama film[10].
  • The Vikings's genre is recorded as action film[11].
  • The Vikings's genre is recorded as medieval film[12].
  • The Vikings's genre is recorded as swashbuckler film[13].
  • The Vikings's genre is recorded as epic film[14].
  • The Vikings's cast member is recorded as Kirk Douglas[15].
  • The Vikings's cast member is recorded as Tony Curtis[16].
  • The Vikings's cast member is recorded as Janet Leigh[17].
  • The Vikings's cast member is recorded as Ernest Borgnine[18].
  • The Vikings's cast member is recorded as James Donald[19].
  • The Vikings's cast member is recorded as Alexander Knox[20].
  • The Vikings's cast member is recorded as Frank Thring[21].
  • The Vikings's cast member is recorded as Maxine Audley[22].
  • The Vikings's cast member is recorded as Orson Welles[23].
  • The Vikings's cast member is recorded as Peter Douglas[24].
  • The Vikings's cast member is recorded as Marco Perrin[25].
  • The Vikings's cast member is recorded as Georges Guéret[26].
  • The Vikings's cast member is recorded as Edric Connor[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Vikings's producer is recorded as Jerry Bresler[28]. Its director is recorded as Richard Fleischer[5]. Screenwriters include Calder Willingham[6] and Dale Wasserman[7]. Cast members include Kirk Douglas[15], Tony Curtis[16], Janet Leigh[17], Ernest Borgnine[18], James Donald[19], and Alexander Knox[20].

Publication

Publication dates include +1958-06-11T00:00:00Z[29] and +1958-06-28T00:00:00Z[30]. The Vikings's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[31]. Genres include film based on a novel[9], drama film[10], action film[11], medieval film[12], swashbuckler film[13], and epic film[14].

Reception

Reviews include 6.4/10[32] and 77%[33].

Why It Matters

The Vikings ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (482 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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