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      The Ox

      Released Aug 21, 1992 1h 31m Drama List
      Reviews 75% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Desperate to feed his wife, Elfrida (Ewa Fröling), and their baby daughter, starving laborer Helge Roos (Stellan Skarsgard) kills an ox belonging to his employer, wealthy farmer Svenning Gustafsson (Liv Ullmann). Helge is caught and jailed, making life even harder for Elfrida and her child. Without the assistance of the fearsome local vicar (Max von Sydow) and Gustafsson's wife (Bjorn Granath), the town's primary charitable benefactor, she must turn to other means to survive. Read More Read Less

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      Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 4.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Quentin Curtis Independent on Sunday Comparisons with Bergman are inevitable, but the guilt and religious intolerance have more in common with the soulful austerity of Carl Dreyer. It's an original, and ought to be seen. Dec 12, 2017 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jun 30, 2005 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 3/5 Jul 30, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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      martin g Stark story about famine, hard times, unfair laws; the power of forgiveness, redemption, and love. Not exciting but will make you reflect how lucky you are today. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A 1991 Oscar nominee for best foreign-language film, this Swedish moral tale of the hefty wrath a pair of simple farmer parents have to bear for slaughtering the titular mammal to feed their starving baby quietly and heavily ravage hearts. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Desperate to feed his wife, Elfrida (Ewa Fröling), and their baby daughter, starving laborer Helge Roos (Stellan Skarsgard) kills an ox belonging to his employer, wealthy farmer Svenning Gustafsson (Liv Ullmann). Helge is caught and jailed, making life even harder for Elfrida and her child. Without the assistance of the fearsome local vicar (Max von Sydow) and Gustafsson's wife (Bjorn Granath), the town's primary charitable benefactor, she must turn to other means to survive.
      Director
      Sven Nykvist
      Distributor
      First Run
      Production Co
      Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT Drama, Josephson & Nykvist HB, Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond, Sweetland Films, Nordisk Film, Sandrews
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Swedish
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Aug 21, 1992, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 10, 2019
      Runtime
      1h 31m
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