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For brutal action with humanity and history behind it, watch The Northman and be amazed – and remember the most classic dramas in literature and history: “I will avenge you, Father…I will save you , Mother… I will kill you, Fjolnir.” The mantra is repeated through the clenched teeth of a muscular Norseman in one of the most breathtaking and immersive Viking films to date, The Northman.

Written and directed by Robert Eggers – director of The Witch and The Lighthouse – this brutal tale of family honor and revenge is a more direct retelling of the ancient Norse myth that inspired Shakespeare’s Hamlet. When you learn where to watch The Northman, you’re back in a primitive world where animal-like brutality meets cunning and the desire for revenge.

Family honor, hardship and austere humanity at its most primitive level, combined with brilliant cinematography and a masterful blend of gritty realism and the supernatural, bring an ancient world to life on your own television screen. You can watch it now on Amazon Prime Video.

Watch The Northman on Amazon Prime Video

Norse mythology takes center stage

Characters from the 2022 revenge film The Northman.

Stockholm-born former Swedish military serviceman Alexander Skarsgard of Zoolander and Generation Kill fame gets his Viking as Amleth, a pagan warrior prince who is sold into slavery after the brutal murder of his father. Amleth devotes the rest of his life to avenging his father’s death and freeing his captured mother. (And, of course, that forces him to stay in top physical shape and keep his washboard abs on display throughout the film, remaining somehow attractive even when streaked with blood, brains, and mud.) Nicole Kidman stars as Amleth. mother, Queen Gudrun, who, according to Amleth, endures great hardship in her role as a captive forced to marry the murderer Fjolnir, to whom she bore a son, Gunnar. A young seer named Olga of the Birch Forest – played by Anya Taylor-Joy – reinforces Amleth’s belief that her life’s path is one of vengeance and vows to use her powerful sorcery to aid her in her mission .

Things are not always what they seem, and Amleth soon learns that his childhood impressions may not tell the full story of the events that shaped his life and may also shape his death and his path to Valhalla.

Where to watch The Northman

The Northman received critical acclaim for its stunning cinematography, meticulously detailed interior sets and enchanting musical score as well as for the performances by actors including Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard and Ethan Hawke as Viking King Aurvandill. Described by critics as a must-watch macabre epic for fans of Viking lore, the film mixes violence, gore and bloodlust with dramatic scenery, supernatural lore and dysfunctional family drama on Viking steroids.

You can watch The Northman now with your Amazon Prime Video account and enjoy a journey through time in the Nordic world where warriors earn their way to paradise through sweat, blood and brutality.

Watch The Northman on Amazon Prime Video