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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. [1]
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. 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 ...
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- Hans Alfredson
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- Stellan Skarsgård
AKS-6 18 April 2000. "Den enfaldige mördaren" is without a doubt one of the best Swedish films ever made. It's a beautiful film, as well as a harrowing experience to watch. Stellan Skarsgård is magnificent in the role of Sven who is generally considered to be an idiot (because he is harelipped and he's therefore unable to speak clearly ...
Synopsis. 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. Due to his poor vocal skills, he is seen as imbecill, and is left to sleep and live in a barn near the factory.
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. One day he has had enough of Höglund's maltreatment and moves in with Anna's family. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
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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. One day he has had enough of Höglund's maltreatment and moves in with Anna's family. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.