The Viking Sagas

• 5.3 Documentary
• 2011-05-10
• 59 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Janina Ramirez (Self - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez)) Sigurdur Atlason (Himself - Sorcery Expert) Vilborg Davíðsdóttir (Herself - Writer & Historian (as Vilborg Davidsdottir)) Benedikt Erlingsson (Himself) Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (Himself - Pagan Priest (as Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson)) Siggi Jokulsson (Himself - Farmer and Storyteller) Einar Kárason (Himself - Best-selling Author (as Einar Karason)) Heather O'Donoghue (Herself - Professor of Old Norse, Oxford University) Gisli Sigurdsson (Himself - Historian)

Director:

Ashley Gething

Writer:

No writer found.