The Headsman and the Harlot

1986

84 min

6.0

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama, Romance, TV Movie

Director

Hrafn Gunnlaugsson

Country

Sweden

Cast & Crew

Niklas Ek

Stephanie Sunna Hockett

Kjell Bergqvist

Per Oscarsson

Kim Anderzon

Inga-Lill Andersson

Sune Mangs

Kent Andersson

Thorsten Flinck

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The Headsman and the Harlot

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.

  • Niklas Ek

  • Stephanie Sunna Hockett

  • Kjell Bergqvist

  • Per Oscarsson

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