The Long Ships

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A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

3.2K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total

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The Long Ships

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Trivia
Sidney Poitier had a miserable experience filming in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. It was April, 1963, and allegedly, the mood was gloom, the locals seemed hostile, and the weather was freezing. Poitier said: ''I have been spending hours on the set, dreaming about tropical climates and little shacks on pink beaches.''

Goofs
The model ship Mansuh is holding early in the film is of a type of galley that wasn't built until the late 17th century in France, some 700 years after the story takes place.

Quotes
Rolfe: If we ever had children, my lady, what princely liars they would be!

Alternate versions
The UK cinema version was cut for violence and the 1988 video release lost a further 13 secs to edit shots of horse-falls.

Connections
Featured in Cinema Komunisto (2010)

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THE VIKINGS meets John Cleese!

Churned out at pretty much the end of the cycle of epics, THE LONG SHIPS was NEVER meant to be taken seriously! Richard Widmark understood that - what's with this plethora of pseudo-intellectual reviews decrying cinematic and plotline aspects here. Wake up and smell the roses people, this is one for all and ALL for fun!

Even Poitier, hamming it up as OTHELLO with a wicked hairdresser, was secretly having fun! The whole misbegotten tale of the fabled golden bell was little more than a cack-fest but by GOD was the musical score great or what? I can still hear Dusan's stirring theme now, and I only saw the flick once at its Sydney premiere in '63.

Action aplenty, outrageous script and despite accusations to the contrary here, some gung-ho cinematography. This was never gonna be up for any Oscars, Widmark, Homolka and three quarters of the cast in fact, saw to that!