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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]
10/10. One of the best movies throughout the history of film. Marc-00 9 March 2001. 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.
Sven (Stellan Skarsgård) is a feeble-minded, hare-lipped, but yet kind and righteous young man. Most people see him as the village idiot. When Sven's mother dies, he is "taken cared of" by the ...
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- Hans Alfredson
- Drama
- Stellan Skarsgård
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 expertly crafted a simplistic storyline of horrific wealthy businessmen against an honest feeble-minded Sven was a harrowing experience. Stellan Skarsgård's magnificent bittersweet performances brung a purity to the oppression the character is forced to suffer. Spoilers ahead -Nonlinear at times starting near the climax added additional uncertainty to the outcome ...
- Hans Alfredson
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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Sven witnesses Höglund beating his chauffeur, berating his wife and taking a tenant's last 300 kroner, which Höglund burns in front of the man on Christmas Eve. When Sven can no longer tolerate his existence under Höglund, he runs away to the Anderssons, successful tenant farmers who lease their land from Hoglund.
