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In a scene in a cave that is the lair of the "eaters of the dead," the camera takes an overhead wide angle shot of the "eaters" walking down into the cave. It is possible to see a young man wearing a burgundy t-shirt and beige shorts (a crew member), sitting against the wall of the cave cross-legged. See more...

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The story of this film is basically a retelling of the story of Beowulf and Grendel. Buliwyf is Beowulf, the Wendol are Grendel, King Hrothgar is of course himself. Ahmed Ibn Fahalan was added to lend the story historical credence as Ahmen Ibn Fahalan really did travel north from Baghdad and encountered Viking men. See more...

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The 13th Warrior (1999) - 8 corrections

Directed by John McTiernan, starring Antonio Banderas (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

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Before the village is attacked, Ibn catches a chainmail armor which is thrown to him. He then, very easily, slips into it as if it were made of plastic. If it was real chainmail, it would weigh about 60 pounds. Also, the usual way of dressing up in chainmail armor is to "roll" it on inside out, and the weight would require the assistance of a second person. [Chainmail weighs about 25-30 pounds at its heaviest. One person could put a shirt on alone, but catching one would take some strength, of which Ahmed Ibn Fadlan did not posess in the movie.]

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Ibn uses the metalworking equipment in the village to reshape the Viking broadsword he was given into a scimitar, all well and good except he's from Bagdad and at the time this movie was set the scimitar wasn't used by Arabs in Persia. [He reshapes it into a lighter, curved blade. He never refers to it as a scimitar. Curved blades were used in battle by Persian warriors dating back to the Achaemenid warriors, around 500 BC.]

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The average size of European horses during that time was about 1.35m, equal to that of modern ponies. Ancient Arab horses are said to have been only slightly smaller than modern Arab horses (1.45-1.55m). Thus Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan's horse might have been bigger than those of the Northmen (who, like the Wendol, ride modern sport horses in the movie). [There have always been many breeds of horses in Europe, and larger horses were a necessity in Scandinavia and Russia simply due to geographical and environmental conditions. Breeding for size began in the early Middle Ages, and modern Clydesdales and Shire horses are direct descendants of the Great Horse, bred for war and farming. Bedouins began breeding the smaller Arabians as faster, more agile warhorses during the same time period. The Great Horse (in war called destriers)of the Middle Ages, in Northern and Eastern Europe was commonly almost twice the size of an "average" horse, and preffered by Viking raiding parties. Both horses and ponies were being seperately bred in the Middle Ages.]

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