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Swedish drama film from 1982
- “The Simple-Minded Murderer” is a Swedish drama film from 1982, directed by Hans Alfredson. The film is based on the novel “The Simple-Minded Murderer” by the Swedish author and playwright Hans Alfredson. The film tells the story of Sven, a mentally disabled man who is exploited by his cruel and abusive boss.
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A mentally challenged man escapes from his tyrannical master and finds happiness when a poor family takes him in. It´s the 1930's in Skåne, the south of Sweden. Sven (Stellan Skarsgård) is a ...
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- Stellan Skarsgård
- Hans Alfredson
- Svensk Filmindustri
The Simple-Minded Murderer: Directed by Hans Alfredson. With Stellan Skarsgård, Maria Johansson, Hans Alfredson, Per Myrberg. A mentally challenged man escapes from his tyrannical master and finds happiness when a poor family takes him in.
The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982) - The depiction of estate-owners and capitalists privately united with the Swedish Nazi Party is based on the real-life facts that the Swedish Nazis was mostly supported by, and led by, such figures in the country's history.
The Simple-Minded Murderer (Swedish: '''Den enfaldige mördaren''') is a 1982 Swedish drama film directed by Hans Alfredson, starring Stellan Skarsgård, as the feeble-minded Sven Olsson. It was released to cinemas in Sweden on 12 February 1982.
The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows. He meets the disabled Anna who is the first one to treat him as an adult.
In 1930's Sweden, a vocally impaired but otherwise intelligent man named Sven, is faced with the death of his dear mother. Lacking education and any kind of social skills, he is taken in by a factory owner named John Höglund.
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