Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.
Direction
Eggers' obsessive historical authenticity borders on madness.
Cinematography
Shot on location in brutal weather; you feel the cold.
Practical Effects
Real fire, real mud, real suffering — barely any CGI.
Director
Robert Eggers
Alexander Skarsgård
Amleth
Nicole Kidman
Queen Gudrún
Claes Bang
Fjölnir the Brotherless
Ethan Hawke
King Aurvandil War-Raven
Anya Taylor-Joy
Olga of the Birch Forest
Gustav Lindh
Thórir the Proud
Elliott Rose
Gunnar
Willem Dafoe
Heimir the Fool
Phill Martin
Hallgrímr Half-Troll
Eldar Skar
Finnr the Nose-Stub
Olwen Fouéré
Áshildur Hofgythja
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
He-Witch
Oscar Novak
Young Amleth
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