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The Simple-Minded Murderer

1982
Directed byHans Alfredson
1h 48m

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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Stellan SkarsgårdSvenHans AlfredsonHöglund
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Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.9

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