The film stars Danila Kozlovsky, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Maksim Sukhanov, Aleksandra Bortich, Igor Petrenko, Andrey Smolyakov, Kirill Pletnyov, Aleksandr Ustyugov and Joakim Nätterqvist.

[1] It grossed $25 million at the box office in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, becoming the top-grossing Russian film to be released in 2016.

After passing out Vladimir discovers his men have murdered Rogvolod and his wife, but manages to prevent them from killing Rogneda, seemingly regretting his actions.

Yaropolk's Christian wife Irina facilitates a negotiation between the brothers, with Vladimir insisting he wants to solve the matter peacefully.

As Sveneld proclaims Vladimir the new grand prince, Yaropolk's most loyal follower Varyazhko swears revenge for the murder.

However, they walk into a trap set by Vladimir: when fighting his regular forces the Vikings hurl their longships down the hill causing them to ram into the Pechenegs.

The costume designer traveled to several cities and countries, buying fabric and studying frescoes and museum in China, India, Helsinki, Riga, Novgorod, Stockholm, and Minsk.

[10] The cast is mostly Russian; however the film does features Swedish actor Joakim Nätterqvist,[11][12] Canada's John DeSantis[6] and Belarusian actress Aleksandra Bortich.

[13] Members of Kazakhstan's famous Nomad Stunts were responsible for the battle scenes, including the pyrotechnics, explosions and rigging.

The construction of the facility began in October 2015 on the left bank of the Kizilkobinka mountain river at the beginning of the ascent to the Red Caves.

The Specialists from the Gnessin State Musical College were involved in the recording, copies of ancient instruments of that time (hurdy-gurdy, gudok, tambourines, gusli) were ordered.

The producer Igor Polonsky, arrangers Artyom Vasiliev, Alexander Kamensky, Rafael Safin, the soloist of the Gorod 312 group Aya and many others took part in the work.

[19] Valentine is best known for his original music for trailers including Captain America: Civil War, Interstellar and American Sniper, but he has also scored Irish documentaries and motion pictures such as Tiger Raid, and Close to Evil.

The Russian News Agency reported on January 19, 2017 that ‘Viking’ had been sold to more than 60 countries, including Germany, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, China, South Korea,[22] United Kingdom, Italy, and most of Latin America,[23] even though it was partially filmed in a Russian-annexed territory of Crimea (mostly recognized as a part of Ukraine).

Viking was released in China on 10,000 screens under a deal closed between Central Partnership and Chinese distributors Flame Node Entertainment and Beijing United Film Artists Co.[24] The film was released in Germany on DVD and Amazon Prime Video (SVOD service) on April 29.

[29] The first official teaser trailer was shown during a closed pitch event with the management of the Russian Ministry of Culture and chairmen of Cinema Foundation of Russia.

[30] Exclusive materials specially prepared for the convention were shown, including a "live" trailer - stunt show at the stand, which was built in the form of an old Russian outpost.

Visitors to the event could participate in competitions on knowledge of Russian history, try on costumes of the characters of the film and take pictures with props.

The set and the scenery used in the production were used to create Russia's first movie-based theme park, which opened in May 2016 near the village of Perevalnoye, Crimea.

The public criticised the film for strong Christian propaganda and significant derailment from historical facts, as well as bad camerawork and rather low production quality despite an enormous budget.

The total box office grossing of the painting in Russia and the CIS amounted to 1,534,409,689 RUB, in other countries - less than 400,000 US dollars.