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Vicky the Viking (2009)

Vicky the Viking poster
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
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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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