''Tarkan Versus the Vikings'' () is a 1971 Turkish

action film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...

, directed by

Ertem Eğilmez Ertem Eğilmez (18 February 1929 – 21 September 1989) was a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He is known as the name behind some of the most popular films in Turkish film history. Many of these were produced by his production co ...

based on a comic strip by Sezgin Burak, starring

Kartal Tibet Kartal Tibet (27 March 1937 – 1 July 2021) was a Turkish actor, academic, director, screenwriter and producer. A prominent lead actor of classic films in the Turkish cinema, he has played a wide range of characters in various genres, including ...

as fictional Hunnic warrior

Tarkan Tarkan may refer to: People * Tarkan (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Tarkan (singer) (born 1972), Turkish pop singer Other uses

* Tarkhan, an ancient Turkic and Mongol nobility title * Tarkan (comics), a fic ...

, who vows revenge against

Viking Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.Roesdahl, pp. 9� ...

raiders after they ambush him and leave him for dead. The film, which went on nationwide general release on , was the fifth in a series of seven films based on the comic strip character. ''Tarkan Versus the Vikings'' was released in the US in 2005 by

Mondo Macabro Mondo Macabro is an American-based home video distribution company founded in 2002 by Pete Tombs and Andy Starke. Their focus is releasing cult and exploitation films on DVD and Blu-ray and was named after Tombs' 1997 book '' Mondo Macabro: We ...

on a double-bill

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with ''

The Deathless Devil ''The Deathless Devil'' () is a 1972 Turkish action film, co-written, produced and directed by Yılmaz Atadeniz, starring Kunt Tulgar as a young man who takes up his father's mantle as masked crimefighter Copperhead to defeat the evil Dr. Satan ...

''.

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* 1971 films Turkish action films 1970s Turkish-language films Films set in Turkey Films set in the 5th century Films based on Turkish comics Live-action films based on comics Turkish sequel films {{Turkey-film-stub