Written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, the dark comedy film ‘The Last Viking’ centers on how after serving fifteen years in prison, bank robber Anker is determined to recover the stolen money his brother Manfred buried years earlier. There’s just one problem: Manfred, caught in an identity crisis and convinced he is John Lennon, can no longer remember where it is hidden. The brothers set off on an increasingly chaotic hunt for the missing fortune, digging up old family secrets on the way.
Stars of ‘The Last Viking’ are Mads Mikkelsen (as Manfred / John) and Nikolaj Lie Kaas (as Anker), with Sofie Gråbøl (as Margrethe), Søren Malling (as Werner), Bodil Jørgensen (as Freja), Lars Brygmann (as Lothar / Kjeld), Kardo Razzazi (as Hamdan / Paul-George), Nicolas Bro (as Flemming), and Peter Düring (as Anton / Ringo).
‘The Last Viking’ is produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Sidsel Hybschmann, executive producer Kristina Börjeson. Production companies are Zentropa Entertainments, Zentropa Sweden, and Film i Väst.
The film’s cinematography is by Sebastian Blenkov, the music is by Jeppe Kaas, and the editing is by Anders Albjerg Kristiansen and Nicolaj Monberg.
Watch the trailer below:
Samuel Goldwyn Films released ‘The Last Viking’ in theaters (limited) and the film is now available digitally / on demand since May 29, 2026.
For more details, visit the official website https://thelastviking.film/ or distributor page here.
Mads Mikkelsen is most known for roles in Another Round, Casino Royale, Hannibal, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Nikolaj Lie Kaas is most known for The Keeper of Lost Causes, Riders of Justice, and the Department Q series. Sofie Gråbøl is most known for the TV series The Killing and The Idiots.
