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Robert Eggers’ latest movie, Nosferatu, has become something of a box office phenomenon. Retelling the classic vampire story has resonated with audiences, but this is not Eggers’ first time adapting historically important works of fiction.
Two years before Nosferatu, Eggers made The Northman, which is the story of a young boy who is banished from his kingdom following a coup against his father. The film is adapted from the same source material as Hamlet, and it really leans into the period-specificity of its Viking-era setting. Here are three reasons you should check it out:
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The Northman is great actors getting the chance to flex their muscles, but Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman are particularly excellent. Skarsgard is the ideal muscle-bound brute, a
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