''Vicky the Viking'' is a 2009 German

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directed by

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, based on Runer Jonsson's

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children's book series and its subsequent animated series adaptation '' Wickie und die starken Männer''. Produced by Christian Becker of Rat Pack Filmproduktion it premiered in Munich on 9 September 2009. On 3 October 2009, during a show of '' Wetten, dass..?'', Herbig was presented with the

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for the film's viewership of three million within its first 18 weeks. It sold nearly 5 million tickets in Germany alone, for a total gross revenue of nearly $57 million.

Synopsis

Vicky ( Jonas Hämmerle) is the son of Halvar (

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), chief of the Viking village of Flake. Halvar is a strong and big warrior who measures the strength of people through muscles. Vicky, on the other hand, is a small but very smart boy who always has to prove his father that the ingenuity of a man can meet muscles. One day the village of Flake falls under attack, and all the children – including Vicky's girlfriend Ylvi (

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) – are kidnapped except for Vicky himself, so Vicky, his father Halvar and the other Vikings of the village decide to go out and try to rescue them. The kidnappers turn out to be Sven the Terrible and his band of Viking pirates, who are hunting for a legendary treasure, and in order to gain it, they need the assistance of a child who has never spoken a lie in his or her life. Whilst in pursuit, the Flake Vikings pick up a young Chinese girl and an obnoxious bard (

) for company, and together they succeed in rescuing the children, outsmarting Sven and escaping back to Flake with the treasure (though it is not as bountiful as they might have imagined).

Sequel

Due to the film's tremendous success in Germany, a sequel titled '' Wickie auf großer Fahrt'' has been made which was released in Germany on September 29, 2011. The sequel film was presented in 3D and included the original cast with the exception of

; it was directed by Christian Ditter.''Wickie II to Come in 3D, But Without Bully''. Moviepilot.de, retrieved September 4, 2011
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Cast

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* * {{Rotten-tomatoes, vicky-the-viking, Vicky the Viking 2000s German-language films German adventure comedy films 2000s adventure comedy films German children's films Films based on children's books Films based on Swedish novels Films set in the Viking Age Live-action films based on animated series Films based on adaptations 2009 comedy films 2009 films 2000s German films