Norway in the 10th century. Askur, son of the powerful Thorgeir marries Embla, daughter of one of the few remaining landowners in Norway, in a pagan ceremony. King Olav, a ruthless christian, wants to eredicate all traces of non-christian beliefs and captures the two of them during the ceremony. In order to free Embla, Askur must go to Iceland and convert the people there to catholicism.

• Filmeffekt AS
• DR
• Gottskálk Dagur Sigurðarson
• Maria Bonnevie
• Egill Ólafsson
• Tomas Norström
• Þorsteinn Hannesson
• Helgi Skúlason
• Jón Tryggvason
• Gunnar Jónsson