The Ox

Nov 22, 1991

1h 32m

★ 6.5

Overview

In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and baby daughter, setting off a devastating and unexpected chain of events.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Josephson & Nykvist HB

Nordisk Film Sweden

SVT Drama

Sandrews

Svenska Filminstitutet

Sweetland Films

The Ox Trailers

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Cast

Vicar

Max von Sydow

Helge Roos

Stellan Skarsgård

Elfrida Roos

Ewa Fröling

Sigvard Silver

Erland Josephson

Maria

Liv Ullmann

Flyckt

Björn Granath

Officer in Command

Björn Gustafson

Svenning Gustavsson

Lennart Hjulström

Navvy

Helge Jordal

Old Woman

Agneta Prytz

Johannes

Rikard Wolff

Shop Owner (uncredited)

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