Victims of the Vikings
While Vikings have been celebrated as heroic explorers and conquerors, they have a dark history as slavers and human traffickers, the extent of which is being uncovered through archaeology.
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
6.6
6.60h 52m
December 22, 2020
Overview
Adventurers, explorers and conquerors: the Vikings are considered the greatest heroes of the Middle Ages. Is this interpretation justified? In fact, they left a far darker and lesser-known mark on history: they were ruthless slavers, human traffickers and hostage-takers. „Victims of the Vikings“ is the first TV documentary to investigate this infamous and often horrifying aspect of the Nordic warriors.
Director
Stefan Ludwig
Cast
C
Cat Williams
Melkorka
R
Rickie O'Neill
Findan
M
Michael J. Cloke
Höskuldr
B
Brian Comerford
Old Findan
E
Eszter Hollósi
Narrator
Joseph Palmer
Irish Slave
P
Piotr Markiewicz
Viking Chief
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