The Northman
Directed by Robert Eggers
Written by Robert Eggers, Sjon
Starring Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor Joy, Ethan Hawke
Release Date April 22nd, 2022
Cut to some 20 years in the future. A now grown up Amleth has been raised by a feral group of Viking warriors that time has come to call ‘Berserkers.’ The reputation of Vikings is often based on the actions of Berserkers who murdered indiscriminately and with great violence while satisfying their whims as they saw fit. The concept of pillaging is in part based on Berserkers. At this point in the story of The Northman, Amleth has begun to forget his past and the vow that led him to become a violent, hulking monstrosity.
In the wake of their latest pillaging, Amleth meets a woman called The Seeress (Bjork) among the burned remains of a building Berserkers had set on fire with women and children inside. The Seeress hands Amleth a frozen tear, one he’d shed himself during a ritual with his father and a crazed shaman, played by Willem Dafoe. The Seeress reminds Amleth of his vow of revenge and tells him how his vengeance will be carried out with a cursed sword at the side of a lake of fire at the Gates of Hell.
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