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Amleth (Old Norse: Amlóði;
Latinized as Amlethus) is a
figure in a
medieval Scandinavian legend, the
direct inspiration of the
character of
Prince Hamlet...
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screenplay with Sjón.
Based on the
legend of
Amleth from
Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, the film
follows Amleth, a
Viking prince who sets out on a quest...
- of
Amleth,
which was
preserved in
Latin by 13th-century
chronicler Saxo
Grammaticus in his
Gesta Danorum, and
printed in
Paris in 1514. The
Amleth story...
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Gesta Danorum, the
first full
history of Denmark, from
which the
legend of
Amleth would come to
inspire the
story of
Hamlet by Shakespeare. The
Jutland Chronicle...
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should put the
attendants to
death and give
Amleth his
daughter in marriage.
After marrying the princess,
Amleth returned at the end of a year to Denmark...
- book
introduces Amleth, as a
grandson of the
Danish king Rorik.
Amleth's father was
murdered by his uncle, the
governor of Jylland.
Amleth pretends to be...
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guarding him.
Joining Amleth and his newly-formed unit were the
Jutish Princess Ophelia and her
protective knight, Godot.
Despite Amleth's objections, Ophelia...
- the
historical epic The Northman.
Based on the old
Scandinavian legend of
Amleth, the film was
described as "a
Viking revenge saga set in
Iceland at the...
- and Kate Beckinsale. It is an
adaptation of the
Danish legend of
prince Amleth,
drawing upon the 12th-century
works of Saxo Grammaticus,
which was also...
- significant: "It was no mere Englishing; he
could readily have been
called Amleth here too. He had been
deliberately rebaptised by his new creator." Sams...
