''The Prince in Chains'' (Spanish: ''El príncipe encadenado'', Italian: ''Il principe dei vichinghi'') aka ''King of the Vikings'', is a 1960 Spanish-Italian

historical History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categ ...

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Luis Lucia Luis Lucia Mingarro (24 May 1914, in Valencia – 12 March 1984, in Madrid) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His father, Luis Lucia, was the Spanish minister of communications in 1935. He studied Law and was the attorney of ...

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References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008.

External links

* 1960 films 1960s historical adventure films Spanish historical adventure films Italian historical adventure films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by Luis Lucia Films based on works by Pedro Calderón de la Barca Films set in the Middle Ages 1960s Spanish films 1960s Italian films Spanish-language historical adventure films Spanish-language Italian films Films set in Poland Films about dreams Free will Films about parent–child relationships Films about rebellions {{1960s-Spain-film-stub