Erik the Viking (1989)

Cast/Avec Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, Terry Jones, Imogen Stubbs, John Cleese, Tsutomu Sekine, Antony Sher, Gary Cady, Charles McKeown, Tim McInnerny, …

Tim Robbins stars as Erik the Viking, a thoughtful man in a violent time who does not enjoy killing and raping like the rest of his people. When he accidentally kills a woman while defending her, he reevaluates his life and goes off in search of the Horn Resounding, which has the power to bring him to his true home–and end the Age of Ragnarok, bringing peace to the kingdom. To get there he has to lead a pathetic group of seasick sailors through the Gates of the World and into sunlight, on their way to Valhalla. But all threatens to come undone when the local blacksmith plots to sabotage the journey to protect his lucrative weapons business. The film includes wonderfully unexpected turns from Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt and an especially funny performance by John Cleese as a torturing warlord who enjoys having men killed in myriad creative ways. The film is more similar in tone to Terry Gilliam's JABBERWOCKY than to any of the Monty Python farces.

Après avoir tué une jeune fille dont il était amoureux, Erik le viking prend conscience de l'inutilité de son existence faite de meurtres, pillages et viols. Il décide de cesser cela et demande conseil auprès d'une sorcière. Il devra traverser la mer occidentale, se rendre au bout du monde pour réveiller les dieux et leur demander de rétablir la paix dans les comportements des hommes. Mais il y a beaucoup de surprises en cours de route!