Factual error: The Vikings raided England in the 9th and 10th centuries. The first castles were not built until post 1066. The castle in the film has rounded towers, crenellations and machicolations, which would date it at approximately 1300. That would tend to suggest that these Vikings were 400 or 500 years old, or that they had access to a time machine.
The Vikings (1958)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Ernest Borgnine, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh
Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis battle each other at the end, but Douglas hesitates to strike upon discovering that Curtis is actually his half-brother, and gets killed by Curtis. He is given a traditional Viking funeral.
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More mistakes in The Vikings
Ragnar: Look how he glares at me... If he wasn't fathered by the black ram in the full of the moon my name is not Ragnar.
Trivia: Ernest Borgnine plays Ragnar, the father of Einar (Kirk Douglas). In real life Borgnine is only one and a half months younger than Douglas.
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