Writer/director Robert Eggers (The Witch;
The Lighthouse) has assembled an all-star cast for his latest film, Viking drama
The Northman.
Starring
Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan
Hawke, Björk
and Willem Dafoe, the film, inspired by the source material for
Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', follows a young Viking prince on his quest to
avenge his father’s murder.
The Northman is in UK/ROI cinemas from April 15th.
Check out a new clip and six character posters below.
The official synopsis reads:
Young Prince Amleth is on the cusp of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy’s mother. Fleeing his island kingdom by boat, the child vows revenge. Two decades later, Amleth is a Viking berserker raiding Slavic villages, where a seeress reminds him of his vow: avenge his father, save his mother, kill his uncle. Traveling on a slave ship to Iceland, Amleth infiltrates his uncle’s farm with the help of Olga, an enslaved Slavic woman — and sets out to honor his vow.
