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491 (film)
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Wikipedia article
'491' is a 1964 Swedish black-and-white drama film directed by Vilgot Sjman, based on a novel by . The story is about a group of youth criminals who are chosen to participate in a social experiment in which they are assigned to live together in an apartment while being supervised by two forgiving social workers. The film's tagline is: "It is written that 490 times you can sin and be forgiven. This motion picture is about the 491st."
This controversial film, which featured a male homosexual rape scene, was first banned in Sweden, but was rereleased after reediting. One of the excised scenes depicted a woman being raped by a dog. The film was also banned in Norway until 1971.
The reactions from especially conservative circles in Sweden were of disgust and outrage, and the outrage was among the reasons why the Christian Democratic Party was founded in 1964.
Cast
* as Krister
* as Nisse
* as Egon
* as Pyret
* Sven Algotsson as Jingis
* Torleif Cederstrand as Butcher
* Bo Andersson as Fisken
* Lena Nyman as Steva
* Frank Sundstrm as Inspector
* ke Grnberg as Reverend Mild
* as Kajsa
* as Tester
* Siegfried Wald as German Sailor
* Willem Fricke / Wilhelm Fricke as German Sailor
* Erik Hell as Policeman
* Leif Liljeroth as Policeman
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