The Northman Filmmaker Robert Eggers Was Inspired By This Ancient Norse Story

Robert Eggers’ latest offering, “The Northman,” gives its lead Viking (played by Alexander Skarsgård) a simple set of high-stakes motivations: avenge father, save mother, kill Fjolnir.

The synopsis for the epic, starring Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe, describes it as a revenge thriller that “explores how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father.” If that sounds a bit like William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy “Hamlet,” that’s because it is — sort of.

Carrying the baton over from his past harrowing period-accurate works “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse,” the American filmmaker applies…The post The Northman Filmmaker Robert Eggers Was Inspired By This Ancient Norse Story appeared first on /Film.

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