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Release Date: 1961

Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Raf Baldassarre, Franco Ressel, Françoise Christophe, George Ardisson, Joe Robinson, Livia Contardi, Ellen Kessler, Alice Kessler, Gianni Solaro, Folco Lulli, Andrea Checchi

Categories: Movies, Adventure, World cinema, Costume drama, Costume Adventure, Action, Epic, Action/Adventure

Erik the Conqueror (Italian title: Gli Invasori) is an epic 1961 Italian action–adventure film directed by Mario Bava and starring George Ardisson and Cameron Mitchell as long-lost Viking brothers in the 9th century, one of whom is raised in England, the other in Scandinavia. They finally meet after almost 20 years, as rivals on opposite sides of an English–Viking war. It is a loose remake of the American film The Vikings. A voice-over narrator explains that, in the year 786 A.D., three large Viking ships landed in England, heralding the beginning of an attempted invasion. More ships... MORE

Erik the Conqueror (Italian title: Gli Invasori) is an epic 1961 Italian action–adventure film directed by Mario Bava and starring George Ardisson and Cameron Mitchell as long-lost Viking brothers in the 9th century, one of whom is raised in England, the other in Scandinavia. They finally meet after almost 20 years, as rivals on opposite sides of an English–Viking war. It is a loose remake of the American film The Vikings. A voice-over narrator explains that, in the year 786 A.D., three large Viking ships landed in England, heralding the beginning of an attempted invasion. More ships followed and, within a few years, an all-out war is instigated. King Harald (Folco Lulli), the only Viking chieftain interested in maintaining peace, makes a plea to King Loter (Franco Ressel). The English king sends Sir Rutford (Andrea Checchi), the commander of the English sea forces, to work out a deal with the Vikings. Rutford stages a surprise attack on the Vikings, thus opening the movie. Many Vikings are killed, most of them women and children. King Harald fights bravely but is felled by an arrow fired by Rutford's chief assassin. During the battle, Harold's two young sons, Erik and Eron, are LESS