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Another inspiration for the movie came when Alfredson first heard Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi, a piece of music he found very powerful and knew he wanted to use in a movie. Alfredson has stated in an interview that the character of Sven is loosely based on a real person, named Hans, whom he once knew.
The Simple-Minded Murderer is an eloquent portrait of a man treated as a fool, a man denied the opportunity to live and love because of his disfigurement. It is only fitting that this movie about an individual whose visions are molded by the Bible have as its score Verdi's Requiem.
Sven angrily pushes her out of her wheelchair, but immediately regrets it. Furious at Höglund, and all the pain he has put Sven and his loved ones through, Sven takes the blade from Andersson's chaff cutter, and marches off to Höglund's factory, followed by the three angels singing Verdi's Requiem. Attacking Höglund, Sven steals the evil man ...
The directing (by Hasse Alfredson) and the cinematography (by Rolf Lindström and Jörgen Persson) are excellent. During the whole movie the audience can hear the bittersweet tones of Verdi's Requiem. Not also the actors makes this movie to a masterpiece. Maria Johansson is brilliant as the lame girl.
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.
Oct 25, 2017 · The film blurs reality and time into a fable-like quality by providing our hero Sven with the support of three Archangels accompanied by the stirring strains of Verdi’s Requiem. The story’s villain is played by none other than director Hans Alfredson, who was previously known in Sweden primarily as a comedian.
The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982) - For authenticity, Stellan Skarsgård cut his own hair with a pair of sheep-shears, and used a mouthpiece to simulate the cleft palate that was the reason for the speech impediment that made others mistake Sven for being mentally challenged.
