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.
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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.
Production
ZDF, ORF, TG4, Česká televize, Abú Media, Interspot Film, ARTE, ORF Enterprise
Language
DE
Status
Released
Release Date
Cast
Cat Williams
Melkorka
Rickie O'Neill
Findan
Michael J. Cloke
Höskuldr
Brian Comerford
Old Findan
Eszter Hollósi
Narrator
Joseph Palmer
Irish Slave
Piotr Markiewicz
Viking Chief
Martin Gilligan
Irish Man 2
John Heathwood
Slave Trader
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