The Ox

The Ox

92 mins | Drama | Nov. 22, 1991

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.

The Ox

92 mins | Drama | Nov. 22, 1991

The Ox
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers SVT Drama, Nordisk Film, Sandrews, Svenska Filminstitutet, Sweetland Films, Josephson & Nykvist HB
Original title Oxen
Directors Anne von Sydow, Marianne Johnson, Bengt Widell, Sven Nykvist
Writers Lasse Summanen, Sven Nykvist

Cast

Max von Sydow

as Vicar

Stellan Skarsgård

as Helge Roos

Ewa Fröling

as Elfrida Roos

Erland Josephson

as Sigvard Silver

Liv Ullmann

as Maria

Björn Granath

as Flyckt

Björn Gustafson

as Officer in Command

Lennart Hjulström

as Svenning Gustavsson

Helge Jordal

as Navvy

Agneta Prytz

as Old Woman

Rikard Wolff

as Johannes

J.E. Beaucaire

as Shop Owner (uncredited)

Sven Nykvist

as Shop Owner (voice) (uncredited)

Henrik Schildt

as Judge (voice) (uncredited)