Victims of the Vikings
While Vikings have been celebrated as heroic explorers and conquerors, they have a dark history as slavers and human traffickers, the extent of which is being uncovered through archaeology.
Adventurers, explorers and conquerors: the Vikings are considered the greatest heroes of the Middle Ages. Is this interpretation justified? In fact, they left a far darker and lesser-known mark on history: they were ruthless slavers, human traffickers and hostage-takers. „Victims of the Vikings“ is the first TV documentary to investigate this infamous and often horrifying aspect of the Nordic warriors.
- Year: 2020
- Country: Austria
- Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
- Studio: ZDF, ORF, TG4, Česká televize, Abú Media, Interspot Film, ARTE, ORF Enterprise
- Keyword: vikings (norsemen), slave trade, medieval history
- Director: Stefan Ludwig
- Cast: Cat Williams, Rickie O'Neill, Michael J. Cloke, Brian Comerford, Eszter Hollósi, Joseph Palmer
