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The Simple-Minded Murderer

Original title: Den enfaldige mördaren

  • Movie
  • 1982
  • 1h 48m

Directed by Hans Alfredson

7.0

TMDB audience rating
7.0 out of 10 from 75 votes

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Overview

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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Cast and crew

  • Stellan Skarsgård

    Stellan SkarsgårdSven

  • Hans Alfredson

    Hans AlfredsonHöglund

  • Maria Johansson

    Maria JohanssonAnna

  • Per Myrberg

    Per MyrbergAndersson

  • Gösta Ekman

    Gösta EkmanThe New Driver

  • Carl Billquist

    Carl BillquistFlodin

  • Lena Nyman

    Lena NymanWoman Without Legs

  • Nils Ahlroth

    Nils AhlrothMånsson

  • Lars Amble

    Lars AmbleBengt

  • Lena-Pia Bernhardsson

    Lena-Pia BernhardssonMrs. Andersson

  • Carl-Åke ErikssonWallin

  • Cecilia Walton

    Cecilia WaltonVera

  • Wallis Grahn

    Wallis GrahnMrs. Höglund

  • Else-Marie Brandt

    Else-Marie BrandtSven's Mother

  • Björn Andrésen

    Björn AndrésenAngel

  • Daniel Alfredson

    Daniel AlfredsonAngel

  • Erik SpangenbergAngel

  • Tomas Alfredson

    Tomas AlfredsonAxel

Director
Hans Alfredson
Writer
Hans Alfredson
Music
Rolf Sersam
Cinematography
Rolf Lindström and Jörgen Persson