In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and baby daughter, setting off a devastating and unexpected chain of events.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Josephson & Nykvist HB, Nordisk Film Sweden, SVT Drama, Sandrews
Keywords
- sweden
- poverty
- ox
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Top Cast
Max von Sydow as Vicar
Stellan Skarsgård as Helge Roos
Ewa Fröling as Elfrida Roos
Erland Josephson as Sigvard Silver
Liv Ullmann as Maria
Björn Granath as Flyckt
Björn Gustafson as Officer in Command
Lennart Hjulström as Svenning Gustavsson
Top Crew
Sven Nykvist · Director, Writer
Lasse Summanen · Writer, Editor
Luboš Fišer · Composer
Jean Doumanian · Producer
Klas Olofsson · Executive Producer
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