The Vikings Odin's Test

[@johntaylor8832]

Ernest Borgnine is a treasure, gotta be one of his most underrated roles.

[@user-zp5ql2xi2s]

I found a good way to test my wife’s faithfulness.

[@dougkeenan]

R.I.P. Kirk Douglas - LEGEND

[@bekennejesusdeinesundenund2427]

Only JESUS CHRIST can save your soul from the flames of hell!

[@deffroadceltaiddcelticawak4150]

See you in valhalla..... OODIIIINNN!!

[@Spectrum4e4]

@@bekennejesusdeinesundenund2427 oh piss off you lunatic. religion is nothing more than a crutch for weak minded simpletons.

[@iam6th963]

One of my Favorite Actors. The Movie The Vikings, grew up watching this iconic movie. Always thought it was so under rated. rest in power Kirk Douglas

[@ferranvilatarodrigo452]

kirk Douglas one of the best actors in the history for long 0 Oscars Michael Douglas an average actor 2 Oscars. the Oscars are trash. kirk Douglas is better for long than his son

[@zyxmyk]

totally agree.

[@Heatmat-y5p]

Yes me too I grew up watching this movie every month it was on I’ve seen it 83 times

[@zyxmyk]

when i was in jr. high, I wanted to go live with these Vikings. One of the greatest adventure movies of all time.

[@srilife]

one of the best films ever

[@chimneydriptray2439]

Great film great actors ,surprised they have not done a remake.

[@H.L.-fj6zd]

Note: Kirk Douglas was 40 when this movie was filmed in the summer of 1957, although his character was supposed to be in his 20s.

[@merlepeterson4358]

Watched this when I was young, with my father. 35 years later, I'm showing it to my daughter. Ragnar was much like Arthur, in that there are legends of him, but hard to actually track down. Still. One of the best movies ever.

[@valaudae1809]

Trivia titbit- Ernest (Ragnar) Borgnine, playing Kirk (Einar) Douglas’ father was in reality one year younger than him.

[@johnscanlon6132]

Ahh. The good old days.

[@underland1983]

R.I.P. Kirk Douglas. You will shorly be missed

[@rogerlynch5279]

Maybe you would like the interview with Kirk Douglas to the movie. KZbin: Kirk Douglas talks the Vikings in rare 1958 interview. Put on the Net by Eyes On Camera, on 2/27/2015

[@lokkida5891]

surely*

[@valaudae1809]

Jeez, those Northmen sure knew how to party!

[@ARCtrooperblueleader]

Ernie and Kirk were perfect in this film. I would go as far to say it were their finest roles.

[@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212]

Not that much, but they are great.

[@bazzatheblue]

That first line made me laugh out loud," i think I'll go and watch that slave drowning "said so matter of fact and almost mundane.

[@duncanweaver1740]

If I won the euro lottery this would be the kind of party I'd throw on Saturday nights 😂😂👍👌

[@luisaplatto3559]

One of the most beautiful scenes in the history of cinema!

[@udornyc]

Unimportant side note: My father worked at that time for Bavaria Films and was also an extra (Komparse) in the movie.

[@Rickwmc]

Eggbert: What if he hits her? Ragnar: Well, then she was guilty.

[@ARCtrooperblueleader]

@Spartaculus Jones - Perfect. xD

[@agenttheater5]

sounds like the test for witches - if she drowns she's not a witch, if she floats she's a witch.

[@therealisation5500]

My friends and I played this game with my wife and her sister can't say they enjoy it too much

[@danielsellers8707]

I've been axe throwing at the Snake Room in Chesterfield today; I love it there!

[@freakyflow]

I miss the good olde days

[@geraldmarcyk524]

Kirk takes over the axe-throwing. Not to save the woman, but to prevent the man from being drowned.

[@finallevel29]

RIP Kirk !

[@arvindsingha4799]

Dude odin was a wise god

[@clinicaleducator1237]

Someone give him a beer!!!

[@RCGoetzke]

Homecoming at the University of Norway.

[@H.L.-fj6zd]

Note: The movie was shot in Kvinnherad, Norway, which is a small community by the Hardanger Fjord. Many locals still remember "when Hollywood showed up in Kvinnherad", and many of the extras are local inhabitants.

[@jamiecorrigan3241]

FOREVER ~~~~~~ BRILLIANT !!!

[@leonardok9699]

‘I haven’t had enough’ lmfao 😂😂

[@H.L.-fj6zd]

Notes: Kirk Douglas produced the film to fulfill his childhood dream of playing a Viking. Director Richard Fleischer spent two years researching the Norse civilization in preparation for doing this movie. This included the actual designs for the Viking ships they used and the breed of horse that they rode.

[@luisaplatto3559]

Bellissima questa scena, questi sono i veri vichinghi!

[@simonvollenweider2530]

RIP Kirk / Einar

[@jenscamilo]

Borgnine, who play the father, was younger than Douglas, who play the son :)

[@morganpirate9127]

You have to admit, justice, such as it was back then, was a lot swifter than it is today!!

[@jayvanslayer2787]

RIP KD

[@JudgeJulieLit]

At 2:50 to :51 what do we see? A third, upper braid cut, or her head?

[@jewviking]

Very good scene😀

[@harryellison8407]

I feel bad for the girl

[@johnprovince5304]

I was at a Frat party like this once.

[@movieguy46]

Great movie

[@alexbowman7582]

This happened on a Wednesday.

[@sylviebertin8912]

j'adore cette scène mythique, où l'on craint le pire pour la fille, d'autant que l'on sait qu'elle a été infidèle avec celui qui lance les haches ..et que le chef son père le sait..

[@carlospacheco6321]

Excelente.

[@H.L.-fj6zd]

Note: The popularity of this film in Japan inspired Japanese people to refer to buffet as "viking", as both vikings and smorgasbords are associated with Scandinavian culture.

[@lemorab1]

Please put the scene back up where Eric turns the tide and doesn't drown!

[@Heatmat-y5p]

Tony Curtis kills Kirk Douglass with a sword in this film but what film did Kirk Douglass kill Tony Curtis with a sword ?

[@docmoody6908]

Of course no effort was made to research the truthfulness of such events. And Kirk Douglas Sparticus or Viking which is it?

[@downhilltwofour0082]

I'm sure I saw this movie back in the day. I did not realize what a joke it was! LMAO

[@sehpitadraca4930]

Real Men

[@Redjoekido]

Did she just die?

[@mokumskinfranky5233]

I read somewhere, Douglas made millions with this movie by rejecting a salary but taking a cut in the profits instead!

[@lydiamcgowan2125]

Why is this Odin’s test cutting the braids of that woman by using axes?

[@ThomasPurcell]

1:44 Look ma, no depth perception!

[@mokumskinfranky5233]

Vikings sure knew how to party and treat their women! Lol

[@wolfbane7332]

The Germanic and Nordic tribes never did such things.

[@urbanprotestantstormtroope1149]

***** Well they did have a game like that they played with Saxon slaves. They were very drunk playing it I imagine.

[@Pilum1000]

Germanic and Nordic tribes did many wildest things :)

[@NapoleonAquila]

Like we care that s a fucking classic

[@rogerlynch5279]

And besides it is an ENTERTAINMENT MOVIE. Hollywood never has changed here. Just think at BRAVEHART not much different in the question of historical accuracy as well

[@JudgeJulieLit]

​@@rogerlynch5279 As recently as the Tudor period in England the beheaded heads of traitors and other malfeasors were hung on pikes on London Bridge as a public deterrent, until bird pecked and rotted.

[@christinacrimari3543]

In my day, I've drunk 5 bottles of rose wine. Yep, I'm not making this up. Even my lawyers, have said, they couldn't drink as much, as me.

[@timlarsen1597]

... previously, on Sons of Anarchy.

[@victorjames7]

As we know they still practice this (well similar stuff) in some countries! 😳😬

[@russell-di8js]

Thank Odin for the series >>The Vikings!

[@RCGoetzke]

Much more exhilarating than darts.

[@Toby_the_Glen]

In reality viking women ran the show! A viking woman could divorce a man for failing. Failing at providing and failing in the bedroom. Viking woman had the power. They kept the home while the men were away fighting. They worked the land and harvested the crops, made the decisions, which made them highly valued! In the real world, the women would be throwing the axes!

[@moonlightsculptore9277]

Bullshit

[@scottwalker2980]

forget stoning...bring this back :)

[@brucesharpe1079]

This is one of my favourite scenes with the axes ( l should try this on the wife for entertainment I will have a few pints first)

[@diekerel]

@iorixs Heh on what do you base those remarks? The Bible at my guess.

[@user-fk1nh2mi6f]

Good job Simen.

[@rodneysammons5544]

The HAVAMAL, ODIN the high one

[@johnroy2567]

Ernest Borgnine 0layed Ragnar to a T in this epic

[@TheBarbahaba]

i guess that would be a feminist nightmare

[@learnerboy86z]

And what about mysoginist sadistic male? Thay are happy Rights?

[@TheBarbahaba]

@@learnerboy86z those people i imagine have joined the taliban which funny enough reserve less rights for women than the vikings who lived 1200 years ago

[@learnerboy86z]

@@TheBarbahaba faminism is a good but male dominating is too much toxic

[@TheBarbahaba]

@@learnerboy86z everything is good as long as its not used to the extreme , sadly todays feminism is less about equality and more of something else ...

[@learnerboy86z]

@@TheBarbahaba and what about men? They did true equality? They did not crimes against women? According to the males also fake males. The too much cruel too

[@hoggarththewisesmeagol8362]

English Saxons not Vikings. Well, the actors at least! Good show!

[@dleechristy]

Earnest was Italian, Kirk was a Russian Jew

[@hoggarththewisesmeagol8362]

@@dleechristy well if you want to be pedantic. Most of the actors would be English anyway

[@dodoslovensko]

Now i want to see the divorce .

[@brucetucker4847]

If she's proved guilty by this method a divorce won't be necessary.

[@TieDef]

So if the husband hits her, she was guilty. If the husband cuts the braids, she was innocent. If the husband misses 3 times, he gets drowned. But they didn't say what it means if some random dude comes in and starts throwing axes at your wife. They spent all this time explaining the rules only to not explain the significance of the result actually shown.

[@ShiningCatProductions]

he gets to keep her.

[@alansheriff125]

The moral is it's Ragnar son. He can do whatever he pleases. Besides her husband could not hit the broadside of a barn.

[@spartacusvikinga]

For Odins sake!

[@NS-qj8xj]

She was being unfaithful... to Ragnar's son.

[@johnminehan1148]

He's the local boss, who is known for being proficient with axes, so they defer to him.

[@brianpoole4369]

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[@brucetucker4847]

Bloody vikings!

[@BuzbyWuzby]

"Oh, I see" - So English ;-)

[@valaudae1809]

For those that doubt the logic of Odin’s test, may l remind you that back in the day, the test for whether a woman was a witch was to throw her, bound, into deep water. If she drowned she was innocent. If she floated, she was a witch and would be executed.

[@drfunkalicious8501]

Though it feels odd replying on a year old comment, one commenting on an old and extremely inaccurate movie (which can be still fun to watch). But this statement is widespread and wrong. Don’t get me wrong it’s a foolish test. But the authority figure that tossed the “witch” into water would also have said witch partially bound and the end of the rope in workers hands. When or if they sank they were pulled out by the rope and declared fine. After further deliberation. It’s possible that even this aspect is untrue or corrected more with new archaeological evidence. But they did not let them drown.

[@anabolic_red]

Back when the women knew their place

[@ЕвгенийПопов-ш6е]

Девочка хороша)))

[@matthewmorgan748]

3 misses and we drown him! Lol

[@carmelpule6954]

The logic I hear in this video tells me that the Vikings would have never understood the logic of the AND or the OR or the XOR or the BINARY logic that makes all the logical functions in a computer. The logic within, "If he hits, her then she is guilty and if he severs the plaits or braids then she is not guilty!!" needs a better and a very long proof, while ," If he misses three times then we drown him, well that seems to be more logical according to what is fair in life, for a stupid person who accepts the trial of his wife by the axe method!"

[@drfunkalicious8501]

They most surely would be quite idiotic. Thankfully for them this is a movie. Since no records among the tales, legends, accounts, Eddas, poetry, etc of this happening exist. Not in the culture of the tribes of Northern Europe, the saxons, Finns, the rus, and the dozens of Germanic tribes.

[@ciarlichapli607]

though a celtic race and his family killed by vkings kirk adores them and follows them everywhere!

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Kirk Douglas (his Hollywood name) was born to Jewish parents. No celt.

[@captainscarlett1]

I went to a gay bar like that once.

[@chrislapp9468]

Be a hulluva stag party.

[@kolsveinnskraevolding]

This is how Ragnar from Vikings should have spent his old age :'(

[@samcostello2861]

Kirk Douglas: Her husband says she is. Other Guy: Which is he? Kirk Douglas: He's throwing the axes. Me: 🤣

[@SamraK64]

This is so ridiculous xD

[@wolfbane7332]

That wasn't a real thing...

[@urbanprotestantstormtroope1149]

Wolf Bane Thank Hollywood for myths and crap about Vikings and pirates.

[@Pilum1000]

why ?

[@brucey5232]

Thank god for brexit.

[@maxbacon4828]

Good game ,good game ,and what a Brucie bonus!.

[@numalo]

The good old time when the man know how to handle a woman

[@learnerboy86z]

Chavunist Sadistic scene 🤣

[@vincentreynolds934]

Of course not, Rape was O.K.

[@user-fk1nh2mi6f]

Shame. Peace.

[@edwinmason123]

Hollywood bollix at its' finest

[@grandslam1998]

justic haS BEEN DONE.

[@wanderingwade8877]

Harsh but fair.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Einar the alpha perp in a society of unfaithful husbands, not fair.

[@wanderingwade8877]

@@JudgeJulieLit My comment was a joke. The scene was insane.

[@RobertJamesChinneryH]

Women's lib...where are you?

[@stephen2583]

We should deffinately bring back the old ways...