Valhalla (film)
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| Directed by |
Peter Madsen Jeffrey J. Varab |
| Produced by | Anders Mastrup |
| Written by |
Peter Madsen Henning Kure Niels Søndergaard |
| Starring |
Dick Kaysø Preben Kristensen |
| Music by | Ron Goodwin |
| Cinematography | Niels Grønlykke Jan-Erik Sandberg |
| Edited by | Lidia Sablone |
| Distributed by | Metronome |
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76 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
| Budget | DKK40 million (estimated) |
Valhalla is a Danish animated feature film released in 1986 by Metronome, based on volumes one, four and five of the comic book series of the same name, in its turn based on the Scandinavian tales of the Norse mythology, as they are told in Snorri Sturlusons so-called Younger Edda (c. 1230). It was directed by Disney animator Jeffrey J. Varab and cartoonist Peter Madsen.
The film was the most expensive Danish film of 1986 and proved popular with audiences, however the company failed to regain the cost of production and, as a result, the film became a financial flop at the box office.
The movie takes plot elements told from the three comic albums "Cry Wolf", "The Story of Quark" and "The Journey to Útgarða-Loki".
Thor, the god of thunder, and Loki, the god of lies, habitually visiting Midgard (Earth), takes refuge for the night at a lonesome farm house, inhabited by a couple of ordinary Viking peasants and their two children, a boy named Tjalvi and his younger sister Röskva. Thor generously offers one of his (immortal) goats which is dragging his chariot, as a feast dinner for all of them, but strongly warns any of the members of the household from breaking the bones. Loki, always treacherous, persuades the boy Tjalvi into doing exactly that, for the sake of the good marrow inside. Thor goes on to recount the Hymiskviða, specifically the part when he fished for the Midgard Serpent, Jörmungandr, to entertain his hosts.
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