Erik the Conqueror

Erik the Conqueror
Italian film poster
Directed byMario Bava
Screenplay by
Produced byFerruccio De Martino[2]
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byMario Serandrei[1]
Music byRoberto Nicolosi[1]
Color processEastmancolor
Production
companies
  • Galatea S.P.A.
  • Criterion Film
  • Societe Cinematographique Lyre[1]
Release date
  • December 7, 1961 (1961-12-07) (Italy)
Running time
98 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France[1]
LanguageItalian

Erik the Conqueror (Italian: Gli invasori, lit. "The invaders") is a 1961 Italian-French epic swashbuckling film directed by Mario Bava and starring George Ardisson and Cameron Mitchell as long-lost Viking brothers in the 9th century, one of whom is raised in England, the other in Scandinavia. They finally meet after almost 20 years, as rivals on opposite sides of an English–Viking war. It is a loose remake of the American film The Vikings.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Invasori, Gli (Fury of the Vikings), Italy/France 1961". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 30, no. 348. British Film Institute. 1986. p. 86.
  2. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 52.