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A mentally challenged man escapes from his tyrannical master and finds happiness when a poor family takes him in.A mentally challenged man escapes from his tyrannical master and finds happiness when a poor family takes him in.A mentally challenged man escapes from his tyrannical master and finds happiness when a poor family takes him in.
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The two main actors (Hans Alfredsson and Stellan Skarsgård) make top performances in this movie about Evil personalized. It´s also a movie about Sweden in the late 30´s with poverty and pre-war nazism close at hand.
- stefan.appelgren
- Aug 3, 2000
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- TriviaThe depiction of estate-owners and capitalists privately united with the Swedish Nazi Party is based on the real-life facts that the Swedish Nazis was mostly supported by, and led by, such figures in the country's history. Its membership consisted of a majority of upper-class citizens who loathed socialism, and even had connections with the Swedish Royal Family at that time, and the Army and Police in many municipalities.
- GoofsThis film is set in the 1930s, yet when Sven goes by a toy store during his breakdown, a plush toy of Snoopy can be spotted in the store's vitrine. Snoopy wasn't invented until 1950.
However, during the same scene, many other anachronisms can be seen, such as an 1980s Saab in the background. It is so obvious that apparently the director did it on purpose, possibly to indicate that the class struggle depicted in this film is not a thing of the past.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Minns Ni? (1993)
- SoundtracksRequiem
Written by Giuseppe Verdi (as Verdi)
Conducted by Georg Solti (as Sir Georg Solti)
Decca LP SET 374-5
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By what name was The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982) officially released in Canada in English?
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