Erik the Conqueror (Italian title: Gli Invasori) is an Epic 1961 Italian Action/Adventure film directed by Mario Bava and starring George Ardisson and Cameron Mitchell as long-lost Viking brothers in the 9th century; one of whom is raised in England, the other in Scandinavia. They finally meet after almost 20 years, as rivals on opposite sides of an English-Viking war. It is a loose remake of the American film The Vikings.