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The Ox

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1991-11-22

Runtime: 92 mins

Director: Sven Nykvist

Writer: Sven Nykvist, Lasse Summanen

Spoken language: svenska

Genres: Drama

Original title: The Ox

Production Companies: Josephson & Nykvist HB, Nordisk Film Sweden, SVT Drama, Sandrews, Svenska Filminstitutet, Sweetland Films

Production Countries: Denmark, Sweden, Norway

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