Hollywood always took some liberties with history. It's likely for example that in the time when The Ten Commandments was set that most of the former slaves didn't wear sandals. A lot of people back then went barefoot. In fact later the Romans provided their troops with sandals as part of their equipment because they weren't cheap to afford when you consider they didn't have modern manufacturing processes, so I tend not to worry about vikings having horned helmets in the movies and other such. I mean all the knights are tall and what most would call handsome in this movie but in real life people come in varying heights and not everyone is movie star handsome either. One movie that took some risks on that is The Black Knight (with Alan Ladd in the title role) which was also made in 1954. Many point out he was older than his character (and not 6 ft + either) and claim he was miscast, but I think it adds a touch of realism myself. So I don't worry about the occasional inaccuracy like horns on helmets. Technically in the time King Arthur would have lived knights didn't even have much chain mail much less plate armor but you often see the knights in plate armor anyway.
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