The Prince in Chains

{{Infobox film | name = The Prince in Chains | image =The Prince in Chains poster.jpg | caption = | director = Luis Lucia | producer = Miguel A. Martin | writer = {{ubl|José Rodulfo Boeta|Pedro Calderón de la Barca (play)|Javier Escrivá}} | narrator = | starring = | music = Cristóbal Halffter | cinematography = {{Ill|Alejandro Ulloa (cinematographer)|ca|Alejandro Ulloa Alonso|lt=Alejandro Ulloa}} | editing = | studio = Europea de Cine | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1960|12|20|df=yes}} | runtime = 100 minutes | country = {{ubl|Spain|Italy}} | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Prince in Chains''''' (Spanish: '''''El príncipe encadenado''''', Italian: '''''Il principe dei vichinghi''''') aka ''King of the Vikings'', is a 1960 Spanish-Italian historical adventure film directed by Luis Lucia.<ref>Bentley p.149</ref> It based on the 17th-century play ''Life is a Dream''.<ref name="ICAA">{{cite web |title=ICAA Film Data - ICAA Film Database |url=https://infoicaa.mcu.es/CatalogoICAA/en-us/Peliculas/Detalle?q=true&Pelicula=215450 |website=infoicaa.mcu.es |publisher=ICAA |access-date=13 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

The film's sets were designed by Sigfrido Burmann.

==Cast== <small>In alphabetical order</small> {{cast listing| * Anastasio Campoy * Juan Cortés * Alfonso de la Vega * Javier Escrivá * Margarita Laos * Katia Loritz * Javier Loyola * María Mahor * Ángel Menéndez * Antonio Molino Rojo * Luis Morris * Paul Naschy as Mongol chief * Pedro Osinaga * Luis Prendes * Antonio Queipo * Luis Rico * Lorenzo Robledo * Pedro Rodríguez de Quevedo * António Vilar }}

== References == <references/>

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

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0054214}}

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