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Victims of the Vikings (2020)

Victims of the Vikings (2020)

History TV Movie Documentary

While Vikings have been celebrated as heroic explorers and conquerors, they have a dark history as slavers and human traffickers, the extent of which is being uncovered through archaeology.

Release Date: 2020, December 22
Directors: Stefan Ludwig
Countries: Austria
Production: ZDF, ORF, TG4, Česká televize, Abú Media, Interspot Film, ARTE, ORF Enterprise
Cast: Joseph Palmer, Rickie O'Neill, Cat Williams, Michael J. Cloke, Brian Comerford, Eszter Hollósi, Piotr Markiewicz, Martin Gilligan, John Heathwood

Overview:

Adventurers, explorers and conquerors: the Vikings are considered the greatest heroes of the Middle Ages. Is this interpretation justified? In fact, they left a far darker and lesser-known mark on history: they were ruthless slavers, human traffickers and hostage-takers. „Victims of the Vikings“ is the first TV documentary to investigate this infamous and often horrifying aspect of the Nordic warriors.

Keywords:

vikings (norsemen) slave trade medieval history