<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $3.5 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $7.6 million (est . US / Canada rentals) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Vikings is a 1958 epic historical fiction swashbuckling film directed by Richard Fleischer and filmed in Technicolor . It was produced by and stars Kirk Douglas . It is based on the novel The Viking by Edison Marshall, which in turn is based on material from the sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons . Other starring roles were taken by Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Ernest Borgnine . The film made notable use of natural locations in Norway . It was mostly filmed in Maurangerfjorden and Maurangsnes, captured on film by cinematographer Jack Cardiff although Aella's castle was the real Fort de la Latte in north - east Brittany in France and also on the location of the Lim Bay (Fiord) in Croatia . </P> <P> Despite being derisively called a "Norse Opera" by New York Times critic Bosley Crowther, the film proved a major box office success and spawned the television series Tales of the Vikings, directed by the film's editor, Elmo Williams, which included none of the original cast or characters . </P>

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