Directed by Roy William Neill
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Early Technicolor production follows Viking clan lead by Leif Ericsson as they travel from their native Norway to the New Land, with a stopover in Greenland. Striking beauty Pauline Starke plays the love interest, both for the English aristocrat turned slave and for Leif himself, leading to a fight between the two men which tests the new Christian faith of the Viking leader. It's all acted in that strained silent film style, but accompanied by a good music soundtrack and some dubbed singing. The Technicolor is mainly teal and orange, oddly enough the same color contrasts currently in vogue in mainstream American blockbusters.
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