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1 hr. 31 min.

Plot Summary
Desperate to feed his wife, Elfrida (Ewa Fröling), and their baby daughter, starving laborer Helge Roos (Stellan Skarsgard) kills an ox belonging to his employer, wealthy farmer Svenning Gustafsson (Lennart Hjulstrom). Helge is caught and jailed, making life even harder for Elfrida and her child. Without the assistance of the fearsome local vicar (Max von Sydow) and Gustafsson's wife (Liv Ullmann), the town's primary charitable benefactor, she must turn to other means to survive.

Cast: Max von Sydow , Ewa Fröling , Stellan Skarsgard , Lennart Hjulstrom , Liv Ullmann , Bjorn Granath , Erland Josephson , Rikard Wollf

Director: Sven Nykvist

Genres: Docudrama

Distributor: First Run

The Ox (1991)

Release Date: August 21st, 1992|1 hr. 31 min.

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