LONDON, July 3, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Viking Trilogy has been released today as an exclusive worldwide high quality digital download on Facebook(r) Film. The Viking Trilogy features the 80's cult hits The Raven Flies and In the Shadow of the Raven, as well as a newly released director's cut of the final installment, Embla - The White Viking Director's Cut featuring Maria Bonnevie.
Film fans can purchase and download the films directly from The Viking Trilogy Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Viking-Trilogy/9155248917
The films are sold through a new Facebook Application called a Digital Vending Machine that allows people to recommend The Viking Trilogy to their friends by embedding the application on their profiles and receive a 10% affiliate fee for every sale through their social network pages, blogs and/or websites.
The Raven Flies (Released 1984): Hrafn Gunnlaugsson's first Viking film, where he presents a new concept of the Viking era, destroying the stereotype Hollywood image. Set in the Middle Ages, the film tells the story of the revenge of Gestur, an Irishman, who as a child witnessed the murder of his parents by two Norwegian vikings.
"The most authentic-looking Viking picture anybody's ever made - nothing I've seen by American and English studios can match it." LA Weekly, Michael Ventura.
"Has all of Leone's operatic scope combined with Peckinpah's knack for action, and Kurosawa's lilting imagery." Hollywood Reporter, Kirk Ellis.
"Mr. Gunnlaugsson is a skillful storyteller, and he gives the film a slow, brooding style and an irreversible momentum." New York Times, Janet Maslin.
In The Shadow of the Raven (Released 1988): It tells the story of a young man, Trausti, who arrives in Iceland from Norway. A man of peace, he is thrust by fate into the midst of civil strife in Iceland, where he meets Isolde.
Embla - The White Viking Director's Cut (Released 2007): Embla is the fateful story of a young woman living in an age that saw violent clashes between the religion of old Viking gods and an increasingly militant Christianity.
The downloads each cost $14.99 and are available in DRM Free High Quality and Portable formats that can be viewed on HDTVs, PCs, DVD players, laptops and portable video players.
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