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The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
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Audience Member It´s the 1930's in Skåne, the south of Sweden. Sven (Stellan Skarsgård) is a feeble-minded, hare-lipped, but yet kind and righteous young man.
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- Stellan Skarsgård
- Hans Alfredson
- Svensk Filmindustri
Guldbagge for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor (Stellan) SYNOPSIS. Set in Sweden during what appears to be the late 1930s, The Simple-Minded Murderer relates the events that led to Höglund's murder by the farmhand whom he had mistreated for years. This farmhand named Sven has a cleft palate.
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.
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.
