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The Viking(Movie, 1931)

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| 1h 10min | Genres: Action, Drama, Romance / Love, Adventure
The VikingRating: 2.4/5 (with 22 votes)
The Viking (French: Ceux du Viking), also known as White Thunder and Vikings of the Ice Field, is a 1931 Newfoundland/American adventure film about sealing directed by George Melford. The Viking was the first film to record sound and dialogue on location with the use of magnetic wire recording. It is best known for the explosion aboard the ship SS Viking (an actual sealing ship) during filming, in which many members of the crew, including producer Varick Frissell, were killed. It remains the incident with the largest loss of life in film history. ()
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About The Viking

Originally called White Thunder, American producer Varick Frissell's 1931 film was inspired by his love for the Canadian Arctic Circle. Set in a beautifully black-and-white filmed Newfoundland, it is the story of a rivalry between two seal hunters that plays out on the ice floes during a hunt. Unsatisfied with the first cut, Frissell arranged for the crew to accompany an actual Newfoundland seal hunt on The SS Viking, on which an explosion of dynamite (carried regularly at the time on Arctic ships to combat ice jams) killed many members of the crew, including Frissell. The film was renamed in honor of the dead.

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Additional Information

Production countries: Canada, United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Arctic
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), French (FR)
Status: Released
Release date US: 06/21/1931 (World premiere: 03/05/1931)
Cast: Louise Huntington, Charles Starrett, Robert Abram Bartlett, Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, Arthur Vinton
Narrator: Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Producer: Varick Frissell
Screenwriter: Garnett Weston
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"White Thunder"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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