The Long Ships

The Long Ships

The Viking adventurers who challenged the seas... and conquered the world!

Directed by Jack Cardiff

Produced by Warwick Film Productions, Avala Film

1964126 min6.1 / 10

A swashbuckling 1960s adventure film about rival leaders—a Viking and a Moorish ruler—competing to find a legendary golden bell across exotic seas and lands.

Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treasure, and sails with his crew from Scandinavia to Africa to track it down. Reluctantly working together, El Mansuh and Rolfe, along with their men, embark on a quest for the prized object, but only one leader will be able to claim the bell as his own — if it even exists at all.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Long Ships sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is The Long Ships easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

  • Is The Long Ships scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does The Long Ships end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Long Ships violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

46/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity65

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise52

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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