The first trailer for the long-awaited Robert Eggers’ “The Northman” is out

After shocking the audiences with his first two impeccable feature films, The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019), two indisputable instant cult classics, the upcoming work by Robert Eggers was the object of all the attention of the press and fans of the adventures and horror genres, and all cinema. Entitled The Northman (2022), it is an epic revenge thriller that explores how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father.

Although the movie is a fictional story, the protagonist is Amleth, a classic figure in a medieval Scandinavian legend, and the direct inspiration of the character of Prince Hamlet, the hero of William Shakespeare‘s tragedy Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. The author of the legend of Amleth is Saxo Grammaticus, a Danish historian, theologian, and author from the 12th and 13th century writer of Gesta Danorum, called the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark and an essential source for the nation’s early history. It is also one of the oldest known written documents about the history of Estonia and Latvia.

Alexander Skarsgård plays in The Northman (2022) the lead role of Amleth in a cast that also includes the protagonists of The Witch (2015) Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, and Kate Dickie, and The Lighthouse (2019), Willem Dafoe. The main cast is completed with other popular stars including Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Tadhg Murphy, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Ian Whyte, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Murray McArthur, Olwen Fouéré, and Björk.

Robert Eggers is also the writer of the screenplay of The Northman (2022), together with poet, novelist, and lyricist Sjón, known for being also the co-writer of Lamb (2021) and Dancer in the Dark (2000).

Delayed in its production during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Northman (2022) is set for an international release in April 2022. Focus Features has North American distribution rights while Universal Pictures will be in charge of the international distribution. The first official trailer is now released and you can watch it here.