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The Long Ships

- The Viking adventurers who challenged the seas... and conquered the world!

Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treasure, and sails with his crew from Scandinavia to Africa to track it down. Reluctantly working together, El Mansuh and Rolfe, along with their men, embark on a quest for the prized object, but only one leader will be able to claim the bell as his own — if it even exists at all.

Release Date : 1964-04-22

Language :ArabicEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warwick Film ProductionsAvala Film

Production Country : United KingdomYugoslavia

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Richard Widmark

Character Name : Rolfe

Original Name : Richard Widmark

Gender : Male

Sidney Poitier

Character Name : Aly Mansuh

Original Name : Sidney Poitier

Gender : Male

Russ Tamblyn

Character Name : Orm

Original Name : Russ Tamblyn

Gender : Male

Rosanna Schiaffino

Character Name : Aminah

Original Name : Rosanna Schiaffino

Gender : Female

Oskar Homolka

Character Name : Krok

Original Name : Oskar Homolka

Gender : Male

Edward Judd

Character Name : Sven

Original Name : Edward Judd

Gender : Male

Lionel Jeffries

Character Name : Aziz

Original Name : Lionel Jeffries

Gender : Male

Beba Lončar

Character Name : Gerda

Original Name : Beba Lončar

Gender : Female

Clifford Evans

Character Name : King Harald

Original Name : Clifford Evans

Gender : Male

Gordon Jackson

Character Name : Vahlin

Original Name : Gordon Jackson

Gender : Male

Colin Blakely

Character Name : Rhykka

Original Name : Colin Blakely

Gender : Male

David Lodge

Character Name : Olla

Original Name : David Lodge

Gender : Male

Henry Oscar

Character Name : Auctioneer

Original Name : Henry Oscar

Gender : Male

Paul Stassino

Character Name : Raschild

Original Name : Paul Stassino

Gender : Male

Jeanne Moody

Character Name : Ylva

Original Name : Jeanne Moody

Gender : Female

Talitha Pol

Character Name : Girl in Harem (uncredited)

Original Name : Talitha Pol

Gender : Female

Julie Samuel

Character Name : Girl in Harem (uncredited)

Original Name : Julie Samuel

Gender : Female

Leonard Rossiter

Character Name : Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)

Original Name : Leonard Rossiter

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-14

Sidney Poitier just about carries his role off, as a Moorish prince obsessed with a mythical great golden bell ("The Mother of All Voices") - reputedly made by monks many years ago. The rest of the cast, however, are fish out of water - Richard Widmark and Russ Tamblyn are not at all plausible as Viking raiders/explorers and the ebbs and flows of the storyline and the pretty verbose dialogue stretch the imagination well beyond the point when it stops being fun and starts being dull. Oskar Homolka gets up to some mischief as the only potentially realistic Viking "Krok" but then Lionel Jeffries and Gordon Jackson show up and it is laughable again. The film does have a good, lavish, look about it and the attention to detail (costumes etc.) are suitably sumptuous but it is way too long and wastes a good adventure story.