The Headsman and the Harlot (1986)
Original title: Bödeln och skökan
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Sweden, beginning of the 18th Century. Executions are popular entertainment and brothels a given. Still the executioner and the whore are both despised and shunned. The executioner became executioner against his will and the whore, only 17 years old, was forced into the brothel. This is the story of how the two meet and exchange cruelty with tenderness, guilt with innocence.
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Niklas EkThe ExecutionerStephanie Sunna HockettThe Whore
Kjell BergqvistPer
Per OscarssonBailiff
Kim AnderzonSkökaInga-Lill Andersson
Sune Mangs
Kent Andersson
Thorsten FlinckKeywords
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What is The Headsman and the Harlot about?
Sweden, beginning of the 18th Century. Executions are popular entertainment and brothels a given. Still the executioner and the whore are both despised and shunned. The executioner became executioner against his will and the whore, only 17 years old, was forced into the brothel. This is the story of how the two meet and exchange cruelty with tenderness, guilt with innocence.
How long is The Headsman and the Harlot?
The Headsman and the Harlot has a runtime of 84 minutes.