The Viking Sagas
- Documentary
- History
5/10/2011
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Storyline
Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about one of the most compelling of the great Viking stories - the Laxdaela Saga. This hour-long film explores how the unique literary achievements of the Saga writers were possible at a time of such immense cultural, political and religious upheaval.
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Cast
- Janina RamirezSelf - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez)
- Sigurdur AtlasonHimself - Sorcery Expert
- Vilborg DavíðsdóttirHerself - Writer & Historian (as Vilborg Davidsdottir)
- Benedikt ErlingssonHimself
- Hilmar Örn HilmarssonHimself - Pagan Priest (as Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson)
- Siggi JokulssonHimself - Farmer and Storyteller
- Einar KárasonHimself - Best-selling Author (as Einar Karason)
- Heather O'DonoghueHerself - Professor of Old Norse, Oxford University
- Gisli SigurdssonHimself - Historian
