Vicky the Viking

Vicky the Viking, known as  Wickie und die starken Männer  in Germany and Austria and Chiisana Viking Bikke (小さなバイキング ビッケ) in Japan, is an Austrian-German-Japanese animated television series which tells the adventures of Vicky, a young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his Viking fellows. It premiered on the German TV channel ZDF on January 31, 1974 but aired in various countries.

Plot overview

The series' main character is Vicky, son of Halvar, chief of the Viking village of Flake. Unlike his village fellows - including most of the other boys of his age - Vicky is blessed with a sharp and imaginative mind which helps his fellow Vikings out of many tight situations, including rival Viking lord Sven the Terrible. Certain results of his intellectual approach shown in the series and the film adaptation include building a makeshift catapult to beat his father in a stone-ferrying contest, fitting their longship with kites to make it glide through the air, and using a small sawfish to cut an escape hole through a wooden door.

Vic the Viking

Vic the Viking is a Franco-Australian children's television series, aired on Network Ten on 6 July 2013 later on Eleven on 9 November 2013. It was based on the Japanese 1974-1975 Anime series Vicky the Viking.

The main characters are Vic, a young, frail but most ingenious Viking knave; his father Halvar, warrior-champion and chief of Flake, and the villagers, mainly the other plunder crewmen, including druid Urobe, the ever-quarreling klutzes Tjure and Snorre, simpleton giant Flaxe, squeaky-voiced navigator Gorm and bard Ulme; also Vic's bossy mother Ylva, mischievous urchin-rival Gilby, who is jealous that Vic is allowed to sail with the men, and Vic's equally inquisitive girlfriend Ylvi. Halvar's sworn ennemy is the Viking pirates captain Sven, but most episodes have other antagonists.

The series has been aired overseas, as in Flanders by Ketnet since Autum 2013 (dubbed in Dutch). In the UK it is aired on Pop

References

Vicky the Viking (film)

Vicky the Viking is a 2009 live action comedy based on the book Vicke Viking and adaptation of the animated series called "Vicky the Viking" (aka "Wickie und die starken Männer" - lit. "Vicky and the Strong Men"). It was produced by Christian Becker of Rat Pack Filmproduktion for a 2009 release. The movie premiered on September 9, 2009, in Munich.On its opening weekend, it grossed approximately $5,595,895.On October 3, during a show of Wetten, dass..?, Herbig was presented with the Goldene Leinwand award for the film's viewership of three million within its first 18 weeks. The film sold nearly 5 million tickets in Germany alone, for a total gross revenue of approximately $40,582,384.

Synopsis

Vicky (Jonas Hämmerle) is the son of Halvar (Waldemar Kobus), chief of the Viking village of Flake. Halvar is a strong and big warrior who measures the strength of people through muscles. Vicky, on the other hand, is a small but very smart boy who always has to prove his father that ingenuity of a man can meet muscles.

Viking (disambiguation)

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:

Places

Given name

Aircraft

In astronautics

The Viking (1928 film)

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.

Plot

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 (1931 film)

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.

Plot

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.