‘The Northman’ – New Images from Robert Eggers’ Viking Film
The Northman new images show more of the film’s costumes and the culture of the Vikings.
Robert Eggers, the director behind The Witch, is back with The Northman, a dark new tale set in the time of the Vikings. The first trailer for The Northman promises a movie that will be both beautiful and bloody. This is a revenge story that contains magic and prophecy. The director’s otherworldly style is wonderfully present.
The Northman – New Images
Director Robert Eggers spoke with Collider about the accuracy of the movie. He used historical documents to create The Witch and The Lighthouse, using real accounts for dialog and he’s doing the best he can with The Northman.
The Viking Age was a thousand years ago. It’s a lot easier to know, quote, how accurate you’re being if you’re doing a 19th century White House movie, because there’s so much photographic evidence, so much written evidence, it’s really easy. But with the Viking Age, there’s a lot more interpretation. But, luckily, I was working with the finest Viking historians and archeologists consulting on the film, and many people who are all part of the experimental archeology and living history community.
So there’s a lot of things that were kind of like what most people agree upon. And then at times you’d have to kind of dig deeper and ask certain questions that maybe they’ve never asked themselves, because they didn’t have to realize everything in three dimensions and play out a scene. But we tried, in all aspects, to consider things.
That work shows in the costumes and the sets.
Ethan Hawke, Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Defoe via Total Film and Focus Features
Ethan Hawke, Alexander Skarsgård, Claes Bang via IGN and Focus Features
Nicols Kidman via Focus Features
Alexander Skarsgård via Focus Features
Synopsis & Cast
From visionary director Robert Eggers comes THE NORTHMAN, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder. With an all-star cast that includes Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe.
The cast is led by Alexander Skarsgård and also stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Kate Dickie, Nicole Kidman, and Ralph Ineson. Plus Ethan Hawke, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Claes Bang, and Willem Dafoe. The Northman is
The Northman arrives in theaters April 2022.
