History Film / TheVikings

** Sandpiper was Cornish and hailed from the moors of Cornwall. Apparently, he has been made a literal Moor in this film.
** Bertha was a Saxon from the borders of Rhodri's kingdom, Bridget is apparently a Scottish woman based on the fact that the name is Gaelic.

* AllThereInTheManual: The location of Long Sound is stated in the novel to be on the Skagerrak and all the inhabitants are referred to as Danes, with a few exceptions.

In the 9th Century, a Viking raid on Northern England sees the King of Northumbria slain and his wife Enid brutally raped by the Viking chief Ragnar (Creator/ErnestBorgnine). As Aella (Frank Thring) takes the throne, the queen discovers that she is pregnant with the true heir and arranges for him to be smuggled away for his own protection. Years later, Lord Egbert (James Donald), an English Lord who has betrayed Aella to the Vikings, is locked up by the Northumbrian King, but escapes and is brought up to Scandinavia. There he meets Ragnar's ruthless son Einar (Kirk Douglas), and a slave with a mysterious past named Eric (Creator/TonyCurtis). The Englishman conspires with Ragnar to kidnap the Welsh Princess Morgana (Creator/JanetLeigh), who is pledged to Aella, and she is brought to the Vikings' village by Einar, who quickly desires her for himself, but has some serious competition from Eric.

In the 9th Century, a Viking raid on Northern England sees the King of Northumbria slain and his wife Enid brutally raped by the Viking chief Ragnar (Creator/ErnestBorgnine). As Aella (Frank Thring) takes the throne, the queen discovers that she is pregnant with the true heir and arranges for him to be smuggled away for his own protection. Years later, Lord Egbert (James Donald), an English Lord who has betrayed Aella to the Vikings, is locked up by the Northumbrian King, but escapes and is brought up to Scandinavia. There he meets Ragnar's ruthless son Einar (Kirk Douglas), and a slave with a mysterious past named Eric (Creator/TonyCurtis). The Englishman conspires with Ragnar to kidnap the Welsh Princess Morgana (Creator/JanetLeigh), who is pledged to Aella, and she is brought to Denmark by Einar, who quickly desires her for himself, but has some serious competition from Eric.

In the 9th Century, a Viking raid on Northern England sees the King of Northumbria slain and his wife Enid brutally raped by the Viking chief Ragnar (Creator/ErnestBorgnine). As Aella (Frank Thring) takes the throne, the queen discovers that she is pregnant with the true heir and arranges for him to be smuggled away for his own protection. Years later, Lord Egbert (James Donald), an English Lord who has betrayed Aella to the Vikings, is locked up by the Northumbrian King, but escapes and is brought up to Denmark. There he meets Ragnar's ruthless son Einar (Kirk Douglas), and a slave with a mysterious past named Eric (Creator/TonyCurtis). The Englishman conspires with Ragnar to kidnap the Welsh Princess Morgana (Creator/JanetLeigh), who is pledged to Aella, and she is brought to Denmark by Einar, who quickly desires her for himself, but has some serious competition from Eric.

''The Vikings'' is a 1958 movie directed by Richard Fleischer, filmed in Technicolor, produced by and starring Creator/KirkDouglas, and based on the novel ''Literature/TheViking'' by Edison Marshall, itself loosely inspired by the legendary sagas of ''Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons'' set during UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge. The narrator at the beginning of the film is none other than Creator/OrsonWelles.

* HollywoodTactics: It's safe to say that real life Vikings avoided storming heavily fortified castles, unlike those of the films.

* ActionDressRip: Sort of. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Eric rips the back of Morgana's tightened bodice]] so she can be at ease to row.

** Ivar the Boneless, Halfdan, Ubbe and many others are omitted.

* ActionDressRip: Sort of. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Eric rips the back of Morgana's tightened bodice]] so she can be at ease to row.

''The Vikings'' is a 1958 movie directed by Richard Fleischer, filmed in Technicolor, produced by and starring Creator/KirkDouglas, and based on the novel ''Literature/TheViking'' by Edison Marshall, loosely inspired in its turn by legendary material from the sagas of ''Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons'' set during UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge. The narrator at the beginning of the film is none other than Creator/OrsonWelles.

''The Vikings'' is a 1958 movie directed by Richard Fleischer, filmed in Technicolor, produced by and starring Creator/KirkDouglas, and based on the novel ''The Viking'' by Edison Marshall, loosely inspired in its turn by legendary material from the sagas of ''Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons'' set during UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge. The narrator at the beginning of the film is none other than Creator/OrsonWelles.

* AdaptationalEndingChange: In the novel, Ogier and Morgana set sail for the west to search for Avalon where they might live in peace. The film implies Eric and Morgana stay in England to become king and queen of Northumbria.

* AdaptationEndingChange: In the novel, Ogier and Morgana set sail for the west to search for Avalon where they might live in peace. The film implies Eric and Morgana stay in England to become king and queen of Northumbria.

** Ogier had yellow hair in contrast to the dark hair of Eric.

** Hasting was a reddish-blond, Einar on the other hand is just straight up blond!
** Morgana had black hair in the novel as opposed to the golden hair of the film.

** Ragnar's hair in the novel is a reddish-brown that is greying. In the film it is just greying brown.

** On the item side of things, Ogier/Eric's HookHand he receives after the loss of his left hand is omitted completely, Eric's stump is just wrapped in fur.

In the 9th Century, a Viking raid on Northern England sees the King of Northumbria slain and his wife Enid brutally raped by the Viking chief Ragnar (Creator/ErnestBorgnine). As Aella (Frank Thring) takes the throne, the queen discovers that she is pregnant with the true heir and arranges for him to be smuggled away for his own protection. Years later, Lord Egbert (James Donald), an English Lord who has betrayed Aella to the Vikings, is locked up by the Northumbrian King, but escapes and is brought up to Scandinavia. There he meets Ragnar's ruthless son Einar (Kirk Douglas), and a slave with a mysterious past named Eric (Creator/TonyCurtis). The Englishman conspires with Ragnar to kidnap the Welsh Princess Morgana (Creator/JanetLeigh), who is pledged to Aella, and she is brought to Scandinavia by Einar, who quickly desires her for himself, but has some serious competition from Eric.

* AdaptationNameChange: Eric was Ogier the Dane in the book and Einar was called Hasting. Kitala was known as Kitti and Bridget was known as Bertha, they regained their original names in the ComicBookAdaptation. Also Aella's predecessor Edwin was name Osberht, as he was in history.

* OrphansPlotTrinket: Eric wears a necklace with the jewel stone of the hilt of the Requiter holy sword. His mother put it around his neck before smuggling him away, to identify him as the heir of the throne of Northumbria.

* ComicBookAdaptation: Courtesy of Dell and turned out to be an adaptation of the original Edison Marshall novel but with Ogier being named Eric and Hasting being named Einar.

* DeathCryEcho: [[spoiler: Einar's '''"ODIIIIIIIIINN!!!"''', with an actual echo to boot]].

* {{Fed To The Beast}}s: Aella's favourite method of execution when he wants to dispose of his enemies.

* FortuneTeller / {{Seers}}: Kitala, the Vikings' old runes reader.

** The fish-shaped piece of metal that is used as a compass.

** On the item side of things, Ogier/Eric's HookHand he receives after the loss of his left hand is omitted completely.