Den sidste viking aka The Last Viking
These scenes are from the film called Den sidste viking aka The Last Viking (Denmark, Sweden 2025) 1. Father (Far) played by Lars Ranthe. The strict patriarch of the family who administers the corporal punishments M/mm sons, Anker: the older brother (as a child) played by Alfred Røssel Læsø and younger Manfred (as a child) played by Joel Hesse Johansen, thrashing with a rod, position of bent over, in the presence of their mother and sister, in a shed. The younger brother Manfred who suffers from mental instability and carves runes. Through fragmented childhood flashbacks, the film uncovers the deep-rooted family trauma. The Father responds to Manfred's mental health issues and the resulting social shame by inflicting harsh physical punishments on both of his sons. The Father blames the older brother, Anker, for failing his one job to protect Manfred from becoming a laughingstock at school. At the same time, she also punishes Manfred himself so that he doesn't grow up to be a w...