The Vikings - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Vikings"
The Vikings (1958)
Timing: 1:55 (115 min)
The Vikings - TMDB rating
7/10
369
The Vikings - Kinopoisk rating
7.286/10
4902
The Vikings - IMDB rating
7/10
17000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Executive Producer

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Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh
Executive Producer
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Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas
Executive Producer
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Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis
Executive Producer

Stunts

Jack Cooper
Stunts
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Eddie Powell
Stunts
Georges Guéret
Stunts
Bill Cummings
Stunts
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Henri Guégan
Stunts
Ken Buckle
Stunts

Production Design

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Harper Goff
Production Design

Second Unit Director

Elmo Williams
Second Unit Director

Makeup Artist

John O'Gorman
Makeup Artist
Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist

Original Music Composer

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Mario Nascimbene
Original Music Composer

Associate Producer

Lee Katz
Associate Producer

Orchestrator

Gerard Schurmann
Orchestrator

Stunt Double

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David Sharpe
Stunt Double

Fight Choreographer

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Claude Carliez

Claude Carliez
Fight Choreographer

Director of Photography

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Jack Cardiff

Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography

Property Master

Eddie Fowlie
Property Master

Sound Mixer

Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Mixer

Production Manager

Julien Derode
Production Manager
Bill Kirby
Production Manager
Jacques Planté
Production Manager
Lutz Hengst
Production Manager

Screenplay

Novel

Edison Marshall
Novel

Location Manager

Christian Ferry
Location Manager

Camera Technician

George Pink
Camera Technician

Assistant Director

André Smagghe
Assistant Director

Focus Puller

James Devis
Focus Puller

Second Unit Director of Photography

Walter Wottitz
Second Unit Director of Photography

Conductor

Franco Ferrara
Conductor

Sound Assistant

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Peter Berling

Peter Berling
Sound Assistant

Unit Publicist

Jack Hirshberg
Unit Publicist

Sound

Joseph de Bretagne
Sound

Supervising Editor

Elmo Williams
Supervising Editor

Hairdresser

Vasco Reggiani
Hairdresser
Gabriella Reggiani
Hairdresser

Translator

Clapper Loader

Marc Hyams
Clapper Loader

Adaptation

Dale Wasserman
Adaptation

Producer's Assistant

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Harper Goff
Producer's Assistant

Music Arranger

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Mario Nascimbene
Music Arranger

Continuity

Lucie Lichtig
Continuity

What's left behind the scenes

  • The Viking ships were built from the drawings of an authentic vessel that had been salvaged, restored, and exhibited in a museum in Norway. It turned out, however, that the ships created for the film were recreated too accurately, as modern actors were taller than their on-screen counterparts. Every other oar port had to be plugged to give the actors enough room to row, otherwise they would hit the backs of the people sitting in front of them with the oar handles with each stroke.
  • A cloudy contact lens, worn by Kirk Douglas (1916-2020) to simulate a damaged eye, caused the actor so much pain that he could not wear it for more than a few minutes at a time.
  • Director Richard Fleischer studied Viking civilization for two years before starting filming. He was particularly interested in accurate drawings of Viking ships and the breeds of horses they used.
  • Kirk Douglas served as the film's producer, as he had always wanted to play a Viking.
  • The film concludes with a traditional Viking funeral, during which a Viking ship is set ablaze with an arrow tipped with a burning ember. Director Richard Fleischer (1916-2006) extensively trained and prepared the warriors, hoping that at least one arrow would hit the ship's sail and ignite it upon the command of “Three!”. When the time came to film the scene, Fleischer only managed to say “Two…” when one of the warriors released his arrow, resulting in a perfect shot directly into the sail. He then commanded “Three!”, and the remaining warriors fired their arrows as well. Fleischer later decided that he liked that very first shot the most and chose to use it in the film.
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