The Last Viking

Den Sidste Viking

Director: Anders Thomas Jensen
Country: Denmark

2025 | 116 min. | Danish, Swedish
Subtitles: German, English
FSK 16

Cast_ Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sofie Gråbøl, Bodil Jørgensen, Lars Brygmann Screenplay_ Anders Thomas Jensen Camera_ Sebastian Blenkov Producer_ Sisse Graum, Sidsel Hybschmann Rights_ Neue Visionen Filmverleih

Two dissimilar brothers are pursued by a brutal gangster on their wild quest to find a hidden treasure. The only thing that can save them is if the Beatles get back together.

After serving a 15-year prison sentence, Anker (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) must recover the loot hidden by his mentally impaired brother Manfred (Mads Mikkelsen). A brutal accomplice from the heist is breathing down his neck. But Manfred no longer seems to remember where he hid the loot. Instead, he now believes he is John Lennon. That makes things pretty tough. Especially since the two dissimilar brothers share an even darker secret.

›The Last Viking‹ reaches the boundaries of good taste and even oversteps some. Raw violence is juxtaposed with hilarious slapstick and absurd interludes of singing. Bonkers!

Director

Director, screenwriter and actor Anders Thomas Jensen is a poet of crude cinema. His debut film, ›Flickering Lights‹ (2000), earned him notoriety, and ›Adam’s Apples‹ (2005) made him famous. Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas have appeared in each of his six films.

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