Vicky the Viking (2009)

Original title

Wickie und die starken Männer

Directed by

Michael Herbig

Genre

comedy film, adventure film, medieval film, children's film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

AA

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 160 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a children's comedy adventure about a clever young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his father and the other villagers solve problems and get out of tricky situations.

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What happens

Vicky the Viking (German: Wickie und die starken Männer, "Vicky and the Strong Men") is a 2009 German adventure comedy film directed by Michael Herbig, based on Runer Jonsson's Vicke Viking children's book series and its subsequent animated series adaptation Vicky the Viking. Produced by Christian Becker of Rat Pack Filmproduktion it premiered in Munich on 9 September 2009. On 3 October 2009, during a show of Wetten, dass..?, Herbig was presented with the Goldene Leinwand for the film's viewership of three million within its first 18 weeks. It sold nearly 5 million tickets in Germany alone, for a total gross revenue of nearly $57 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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