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The Last Viking

7.2(271)20251h 56m5

After serving fourteen years for robbery, Anker is released from prison and reunites with his mentally ill brother Manfred, who alone knows where the stolen money is hidden but has forgotten its location, sending them on a journey to recover the loot and confront who they are.

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Released
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Language
Danish
  • dark comedy
  • childhood trauma
  • alter ego
  • jail
  • bank robbery
  • mental illness
  • psychotic
  • danish
  • disturbed
  • brothers
  • drama
  • crime

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Denmark, Sweden

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereAustin Film Festival30 Oct 2025
    • Theatrical (limited)29 May 2026
    • Digital / OTT29 May 2026
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical26 Jun 2026
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereNordic Film Festival 13 Jul 2026
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival5 Sept 2025
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical25 Dec 2025
  • BulgariaBG

    • Theatrical3 Apr 2026
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+15 Jan 2026
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical9 Oct 2025
    • Digital / OTT23 Dec 2025
  • EstoniaEE

    • Theatrical10 Oct 2025
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical15 Jul 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1625 Dec 2025
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical28 May 2026

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The Last Viking was released on 9 October 2025.

Audience reviews

3
  • D

    deepkino

    12/26/2025

    Anders Thomas Jensen doesn’t make films; he builds meticulously crafted, tonally volatile explosive devices disguised as character studies. Den sidste viking is no exception, representing both a triumphant return to form and a deepening of the writer/director’s singular obsessions. It is a film that seamlessly stitches together gut-punch drama with absurdist comedy, resulting in a work that is as emotionally resonant…

  • C

    Chris Sawin

    5/5/2026

    7/10

    The Last Viking is stupidly sentimental and surprisingly sweet. It’s a film about a bunch of individuals who are completely and totally dysfunctional on their own but somewhat functional together. https://bit.ly/MadsViking

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/9/2026

    7/10

    "Anker" (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has just returned to his sister's home after spending a fourteen year spell in custody for an armed robbery that netted DKR41 millions (that's about £4.5 millions) that has hiterto been unrecovered. Now we know that he gave the loot to his brother "Manfred" (Mads Mikkelsen) to bury out at their late mother's rural home, and so he hopes that's all been done and that they can go out and retri…

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