The depraved
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The depraved |
| Original title | Morianerna |
| Country of production | Sweden |
| original language | Swedish |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Arne Mattsson |
| script |
Per Wahlöö Arne Mattsson |
| production | Inge Ivarson |
| music | Georg Riedel |
| camera | Max Wilén |
| cut | Lennart Wallén |
| occupation | |
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The depraved (original title: Morianerna ) is a Swedish feature film from 1965 by Arne Mattsson . Per Wahlöö wrote the script together with the director. It is based on the novel of the same name by Jan Ekström . The main roles are cast with Anders Henrikson and Eva Dahlbeck . The film premiered on August 16, 1965 in Sweden. In the Federal Republic of Germany the work was first seen on the screen on May 6, 1966.
action
Verner Vade, who is about to turn 80, is a stingy and sadistic millionaire. The roommates in his large villa are his half-age wife Anna, their 20-year-old daughter Monica, a student with a strong will, her fiancé Jonas, Anna's sister Agda, her husband Bengt, a lawyer with dubious morals, Bengt and Agda's daughter Lisa, who has a morbid tendency to morbid, the 19-year-old maid Rita and Anna's nephew Boris, a parasite who believes she is being persecuted by demonic voices. The maid has to fulfill her employer's sexual wishes for cash every now and then. But his wife is not loyal to him either; she cheats on him with the architect Ragnar, who lives in the neighborhood. Bengt works in his brother-in-law's company. When the latter suspects him of embezzlement, he threatens to be expelled.
As different as the house residents may be, they are united by their hatred of the elderly. On his milestone birthday, they succeed in murdering the hated man after an earlier attempt to kill him had failed miserably. The way to the coveted inheritance now seems to be free. But now the police come into play: Under the direction of Inspector Durell, the law enforcement officers have no major problems solving the case.
criticism
The lexicon of international films draws the following conclusion: “Adultery, embezzlement, harassment and murder in a Swedish family novel. Arge Kolportage with at least pictorial qualities - based on a book by the later famous crime writer Wahlöö. "The Protestant film observer arrives at a similar assessment:" A [...] film by the Swedish 'sex and crime' specialist Arne Mattsson around a sexually morbid family and two murders. Despite excellent actors and an artificial camera: repulsive and disgusting. "
source
Program for the film: Illustrierte Film-Bühne , Verlag FILM-BÜHNE GmbH, Munich, number 2681
Web links
- The depraved in the Internet Movie Database (English)