

10/05/2011
Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about one of the most compelling of the great Viking stories - the Laxdaela Saga. This hour-long film explores how the unique literary achievements of the Saga writers were possible at a time of such immense cultural, political and religious upheaval.

Janina Ramirez
as Self - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez)

Sigurdur Atlason
as Himself - Sorcery Expert

Vilborg Davíðsdóttir
as Herself - Writer & Historian (as Vilborg Davidsdottir)

Benedikt Erlingsson
as Himself

Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
as Himself - Pagan Priest (as Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson)

Siggi Jokulsson
as Himself - Farmer and Storyteller

Einar Kárason
as Himself - Best-selling Author (as Einar Karason)

Heather O'Donoghue
as Herself - Professor of Old Norse, Oxford University

Gisli Sigurdsson
as Himself - Historian
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