Vikings - Les premiers rois
- Rise of the Vikings (Working title)
Docu-Fiction (multi-part) | 2022-2023 | Planète+ [fr] | Docu-Drama, History | France
Main data
| Director | Sigrid Clément, Frédéric Monteil, Agnès Buthion, Alain Brunard |
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| Written by | Christophe Widemann, Serge Tignières, Adrien Rode, Frédéric Monteil |
| Production | Pernel Média [fr] |
Shooting data
| Start of shooting | 03/06/2022 |
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| End of shooting | 21/06/2022 |
| Filming regions | France - Normandie, Poland |
Project data
| Length of movie | 4x52' |
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Brief synopsis
Throughout four 60-minute episodes, the series (titled Vikings, les premiers rois for the French market) covers a specific battle for power from the viewpoint of a famous Viking leader across a timeline of 80 years.
The prodco says the series will be a hybrid of drama and documentary, with the dramatic segments shot in 4K in authentic European settings. The doc segments, meanwhile, will follow present-day archaeologists in Scandinavia, England and Germany as they use cutting-edge technology to uncover elements of the Viking way of life. High-end CGI and VFX will also be used to depict Viking fortresses and fleets, villages, pagan temples and other components of the culture’s history.
The prodco says the series will be a hybrid of drama and documentary, with the dramatic segments shot in 4K in authentic European settings. The doc segments, meanwhile, will follow present-day archaeologists in Scandinavia, England and Germany as they use cutting-edge technology to uncover elements of the Viking way of life. High-end CGI and VFX will also be used to depict Viking fortresses and fleets, villages, pagan temples and other components of the culture’s history.