The 13th Warrior
Director: John McTiernan, Michael Crichton
Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure
Year: 1999
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language, Latin Language, Swedish Language, Danish Language, Old Norse
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Vladimir Kulich, Dennis Storhøi, Clive Russell, Richard Bremmer, Tony Curran, Omar Sharif, Erick Avari, Sven Wollter, Diane Venora, Asbjørn 'Bear' Riis, Albie Woodington, Neil Maffin, Mischa Hausserman, Daniel Southern, John DeSantis, Oliver Sveinall
The 13th Warrior is a 1999 historical fiction action film starring Antonio Banderas as Ahmad ibn Fadlan and Vladimir Kulich as Buliwyf; it is based on the novel Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton. It was directed by John McTiernan and an uncredited Crichton.
The 13th Warrior was a financial failure. Production and marketing costs totalled $160 million, but it only grossed $61,698,899 at the box office.
Ahmed ibn Fadlan is a court poet to the Caliph of Baghdad - until his amorous encounter with the wife of an influential noble gets him exiled as an "ambassador" to "northern barbarians." Traveling with Melchisidek, his caravan is saved from Mongol Tatar raiders by the appearance of Norsemen (the characters are speaking Swedish and Norwegian) . Taking refuge at their settlement on the Volga, communications are established through Melchisidek and Herger, a Norseman who speaks Vulgar Latin. Ahmed and Melchisidek are in time to witness the fight which establishes Buliwyf as heir apparent, followed by the Viking funeral of their dead king, cremated together with a young woman who agreed to 'accompany' him to Valhalla.
A youth enters the camp requesting Buliwyf's aid: his father's
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