491 (film)

491
491
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vilgot Sjöman
Written by	Lars Görling (also novel); Vilgot Sjöman
Produced by	Lars-Owe Carlberg
Starring	Lars Lind
Cinematography	Gunnar Fischer
Edited by	Lennart Wallén
Music by	Georg Riedel
Distributed by	Svensk Filmindustri
Release date	16 March 1964;
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

491 is a 1964 Swedish black-and-white drama film directed by Vilgot Sjöman, based on a novel by Lars Görling [sv]. 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.^[1] One of the excised scenes depicted a woman being raped by a dog.^[2] 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

Lars Lind [sv] as Krister
Leif Nymark [sv] as Nisse
Stig Törnblom [sv] as Egon
Lars Hansson [sv] as Pyret
Sven Algotsson as Jingis
Torleif Cederstrand as Butcher
Bo Andersson as Fisken
Lena Nyman as Steva
Frank Sundström as Inspector
Åke Grönberg as Reverend Mild
Mona Andersson [sv] as Kajsa
Jan Blomberg [sv] as Tester
Siegfried Wald as German Sailor
Willem Fricke / Wilhelm Fricke as German Sailor
Erik Hell as Policeman
Leif Liljeroth as Policeman

References

^ Jones, Derek (December 2001). Censorship: A World Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 2254. ISBN 978-1-136-79864-1.
^ Larsson, Mariah; Bjorklund, Elisabet (28 June 2016). Swedish Cinema and the Sexual Revolution: Critical Essays. McFarland. p. 116. ISBN 9781476665443.

External links

491 at IMDb
491 at the Swedish Film Institute Database

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[1] Jones, Derek (December 2001). Censorship: A World Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 2254. ISBN 978-1-136-79864-1.

[swede-2] Larsson, Mariah; Bjorklund, Elisabet (28 June 2016). Swedish Cinema and the Sexual Revolution: Critical Essays. McFarland. p. 116. ISBN 9781476665443.

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