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The Simple-Minded Murderer

Film

The Simple-Minded Murderer

6.9

1h 48m

1982

Synopsis

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.

Director

Hans Alfredson

Trailer

Drama

mentally disabled

Cast & Crew

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

as Sven

Hans Alfredson

Hans Alfredson

as Höglund

Maria Johansson

Maria Johansson

as Anna

Per Myrberg

Per Myrberg

as Andersson

Gösta Ekman

Gösta Ekman

as The New Driver

Carl Billquist

Carl Billquist

as Flodin

Lena Nyman

Lena Nyman

as Woman Without Legs

Nils Ahlroth

Nils Ahlroth

as Månsson

Lars Amble

Lars Amble

as Bengt

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