Steven Berkoff television 2020s
Olaf starts to doubt he has made the right decision, but decides to
continue to Kattegat anyway.
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![]() ![]() Berkoff gives a Shakespearean-like speech "That will be the death of Odin... It's only a story, stories that's all we have".
The warriors prepare and the assault of Kattegat begins.
Ivar has prepared well and various traps are in place and the assault has failed. The attackers decide Kattegat cannot be entered, but inside Kattegat someone open the gates and the warriors enter and capture the fortress. Berkoff shares in the victory celebrations.
Ivar escapes to exile and Kattegat has new leaders as series 5 ends.
Best name from the credits Dialogue Coach Poll Moussoulides. He says on speaking the ancient languages Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon "We use linguistic historians around the world to make sure we're authentic. There is enormous documentation about Anglo-Saxon; it's the root of many of the words that we use in English today. We know that Old Norse is very close to Old Icelandic. The Parisian [characters'] language, Old Low Franconian, is based on words collected from old psalms and poems. It's the first time the language has been heard in 1,000 years." (from interview by Ileane Rudolph, TV Insider, 16 Apr 2015, here).
"The Uncertain Kingdom is a short
film collection commissioned in 2019 by producers John Jencks, Georgia
Goggin and Isabel Freer... This is a state-of-the-nation anthology:
variously angry, comic and surreal... Some of the films feel redundant
or over-literal but the tone of the collection is set by its more
successful pieces... Many of the comedies took on a single, absurdist
high concept and played out its life-cycle within a 10-minute-span"
(Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 28 May 2020, click
here)
Cinematography was by David Foulkes and the Editor was Liviu Jipescu.
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