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Evil, also known by the title Ondskan, is a 2003 Swedish-Danish drama film directed by Mikael Håfström. The screenplay was written by Hans Gunnarsson, Mikael Håfström, and Klas Östergren, based on a work by Jan Guillou. The cast includes Gustaf Skarsgård, Filip Berg, Andreas Wilson, and Mats Bergman. The narrative is set in a boarding school in Sweden during the 1950s.
The film has a runtime of 113 minutes and was produced by Moviola Film och Television AB, Skinworxxx, and Nordisk Film Sweden. It was distributed by Sony Pictures and Netflix via video on demand. Evil was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The movie has a budget of 3,000,000 and generated revenue of 12,469,000.
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7.3Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.
Cast
- Andreas Wilson as Erik Ponti
- Henrik Lundström as Pierre Tanguy
- Gustaf Skarsgård as Otto Silverhielm
- Linda Zilliacus as Marja
- Jesper Salén as Dahlén
- Mats Bergman as Melander
Themes
- based on novel or book
- boarding school
- private school
- bullying
- stepfather
- spanking
- domestic abuse
- discipline
- oppression
- corporal punishment
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Denmark
- Original language
- Swedish
- Based on
- Evil
- Director
- Mikael Håfström
- Screenwriter
- Klas Östergren
- Cinematographer
- Piotr Mokrosiński
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 607759
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2004-10-14
- title
- Ondskan
- after a work by
- Jan Guillou
- set in period
- 1950s
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 61/100
- production designer
- Anna Asp
- set in environment
- boarding school
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