The Return of the Vikings

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The Return of the Vikings
Directed by Charles Frend
Produced by Michael Balcon
Starring Leo Genn
Frederick Piper
Stig Egede-Nissen
Cinematography Ernest Palmer
Edited byCarl Heck
Release date
  • 1944 (1944)
Running time
53 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Return of the Vikings is a 1944 British short dramatised documentary film directed and co-written by Charles Frend. [1] [2] It was produced by Ealing Studios, and concerns a Norwegian fishing boat in time of war. [3] [4]

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Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Charles Frend has made a good job of this film, and manages to work a number of emotional passages into an ordinary matter-of-fact account of a typical Norwegian's life and experiences in this country. The production is good, and the unnamed Norwegian actors are excellent in type and quite competent in their work." [5]

Kine Weekly wrote: "Sincere, skilfully compiled British tribute to the stalwart free Norwegians, men of Viking blood, who are fighting their country's battle against the Nazis from England. ...The picture's balance is well nigh perfect, while the commentary is cunningly relieved by scraps of natural dialogue. Excellent photography graces the whole. It's good example and stirring, thought-provoking drama and entertainment. Capital documentary." [6]

Variety wrote: "The Return of the Vikings is another milestone in film history, because it is the first film to be made bi-lingual for the purpose of distribution in a post-war Europe. To Norway and its gallant men goes the honor of this distinction, and the result is praiseworthy." [7]

References

  1. ↑ Return of the Vikings, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 11, Iss. 121, (Jan 1, 1944): 88.
  2. ↑ "CIVIC THEATRE". The Manning River Times And Advocate For The Northern Coast Districts Of New South Wales. Vol. 77, no. 9516. New South Wales, Australia. 9 March 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "The Return of the Vikings (1944)". BFI.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ Duguid, Mark. "Ealing Propaganda Shorts". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "The Return of the Vikings". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 11 (121): 88. 1 January 1944. ProQuest   1305807825.
  6. ↑ "The Return of the Vikings". Kine Weekly . 330 (1948): 24. 17 August 1944. ProQuest   2732594902.
  7. ↑ "The Return of the Vikings". Variety . 156 (1): 10. 13 September 1944. ProQuest   1285837989.


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