Herger also introduces them to one of the king's sons, Buliwyf. From Herger, the two learn that the celebration being held by the Northmen is in fact a funeral for their recently deceased king. Taking refuge at their settlement on the Volga river, communications are established through Melchisidek and Herger, a Norseman who speaks Latin.

Traveling with his father's old friend, Melchisidek, his caravan is saved from Tatar raiders by the appearance of Norsemen. Plot Īhmad ibn Fadlan is a court poet of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muqtadir of Baghdad, until his amorous encounter with the wife of an influential noble gets him exiled as an 'ambassador' to the Volga Bulgars. Production and marketing costs reputedly reached $160 million, but it grossed $61 million at the box office worldwide, making it one of the biggest box office bombs in history and the biggest one of 1999, with losses of up to $129 million. Vajna, James Biggam and Ethan Dubrow as executive producers. The film was produced by McTiernan, Crichton, and Ned Dowd, with Andrew G. It was directed by John McTiernan Crichton directed some uncredited reshoots. It stars Antonio Banderas as ibn Fadlan, as well as Diane Venora and Omar Sharif. The 13th Warrior is a 1999 American historical action film based on Michael Crichton's 1976 novel Eaters of the Dead, which is a loose adaptation of the tale of Beowulf combined with Ahmad ibn Fadlan's historical account of the Volga Vikings.

Eaters of the dead by michael crichton