The Viking Queen is a 1967 Hammer adventure film set in Roman Britain.
According to her father's wishes, Queen Salinas agrees to share the rule of Icena with Justinian, a Roman. This decision angers both the bloodthirsty Druids and Romans less just than Justinian. As the two rulers fall in love, the Druids and the Romans begin to plot their downfall. It's not long before the hills of Britain are stained with the lovers blood.
The title of the film caused much confusion, because there are no Norse Vikings in the movie. However, another meaning of the word "viking" is that of a raider or plunderer, of which there are many such characters in this film.
The plot combines elements of life of the historic queen Boudica (featuring the Iceni tribe, combat chariots) with elements seemingly drawn from Vincenzo Bellini's opera Norma, though that is set in Gaul.
The Vikings were seafaring Scandinavians engaged in exploring, raiding and trading in waters and lands outside of Scandinavia from the eighth to eleventh centuries.
Viking or Vikings may also refer to:
The Viking (1928) was the first feature-length Technicolor film that featured a soundtrack, and the first film made in Technicolor's Process 3. It stars Pauline Starke, Donald Crisp and LeRoy Mason. The film is based on the novel The Thrall of Leif the Lucky.
Lord Alwin (LeRoy Mason), Earl of Northumbria, is captured in a Viking raid and taken to Norway as a slave. There he is bought by Helga (Pauline Starke), an "orphan of noble blood" under the guardianship of Leif Ericsson (Donald Crisp). He proves a troublesome slave, and Leif's sailing master, Egil the Black (Harry Woods), prepares to kill him for his insolence, but Helga stops him. When Alwin challenges Egil to a swordfight, Leif is impressed by his courage and permits it. Alwin manages to break Egil's sword, but spares him. Helga then gives Alwin to Leif.
Leif, with the support of King Olaf (Roy Stewart), the first Christian king of Norway, sets out to search for lands beyond Greenland, which was discovered by his pagan father, Eric the Red (Anders Randolf). Back in Greenland, Eric kills one of his men after he discovers the man is a Christian. When Leif stops there to pick up supplies, Eric gives his blessing for his marriage to Helga (unbeknownst to her). However, after it is revealed that Leif is himself a Christian, Eric disowns him and refuses to give him any supplies. Fighting breaks out after Leif instructs Alwin to take the supplies anyway. In the confusion, Helga stows away on Leif's ship.
The Viking (aka White Thunder and Vikings of the Ice Field) is a 1931 Newfoundland/American adventure film directed by George Melford. This was "the first film to record sound and dialogue on location". It is best known for the explosion aboard the ship SS Viking (a sealing ship) during filming, in which many members of the crew, including producer Varick Frissell, were killed. It remains the most tragic incident with the largest loss of life in film history.
Set on the coast of Newfoundland, a rivalry develops between Jed Nelson (Arthur Vinton), a seal hunter, and Luke Oarum (Charles Starrett), a local man considered a jinx. Worried that his rival may try to steal his girlfriend Mary Joe (Louise Huntington), calling him a coward, the seal hunter goads Luke into accompanying him on an Arctic sealing expedition. They both end up in a hunting party on the ice floes and eventually find themselves stranded. Jed tries to kill Luke, but the snow blinds him and his gunshot misses.
Oh, tonight I'm gonna show them what I'm made of, oh
The killer queen inside me's coming to say hello
Oh, tonight I will return the fame and riches earned
With you I'd watch them all be burned
Whenever I start feeling strong
I'm called a **tch in the night
But I don't need these 14 karat guns to win
I'm a woman I insist, it's my life
I can be the queen that's inside of me, this is my chance to release
And be brave for you, you'll see, I can be the queen you need me to be
This is my chance to be the dance, I've dreamed it's happening
I can be the queen
I am wind and hurricane, the stormy sky and rain
When you run dry I'll flood your pain
In between the moments of the lady I've become
A voice beats through the noise like drums, rum pum pum pum
Whenever I start feeling strong
I'm called a **tch in the night
But I don't need these 14 karat guns to win
I'm a woman I insist, it's my life
I can be the queen that's inside of me, this is my chance to release
And be brave for you, you'll see, I can be the queen you need me to be
This is my chance to be the dance, I've dreamed it's happening
I can be the queen
The quee-ee-en
The que-que-queen
Que-ee-en que-que-queen
Starry night, come inside me like never before
Don't forget me when I come crying to heaven's door
I will fly on a challenger across the sky