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The Headsman and the Harlot
5.0 / 10• 1986• 1h 24m•NR• Swedish
DramaRomanceTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Niklas Ek
The Executioner
LeadSS
Stephanie Sunna Hockett
The Whore
Kjell Bergqvist
Per
Per Oscarsson
Bailiff
Kim Anderzon
Sköka
IA
Inga-Lill Andersson
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Sune Mangs
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Kent Andersson
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What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hrafn Gunnlaugsson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Headsman and the Harlot is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
