The Headsman and the Harlot (1986)
Sweden, beginning of the 18th Century. Executions are popular entertainment and brothels a given. Still the executioner and the whore are both despised and shunned. The executioner became executioner against his will and the whore, only 17 years old, was forced into the brothel. This is the story of how the two meet and exchange cruelty with tenderness, guilt with innocence.
Director:
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
Writer:
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
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Niklas Ek as The Executioner |
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Stephanie Sunna Hockett as The Whore |
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Kjell Bergqvist as Per |
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Per Oscarsson as Bailiff |
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Kim Anderzon as Sköka |
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Inga-Lill Andersson as |
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Sune Mangs as |
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Kent Andersson as |
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Thorsten Flinck as |
| Directing | Hrafn Gunnlaugsson | Director |
| Writing | Hrafn Gunnlaugsson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ivar Lo-Johansson | Original Story |
| Camera | Peter Fischer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Madeleine Sundgren | Project Manager |