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.
Cast
Max von Sydow
Vicar
Stellan Skarsgård
Helge Roos
Ewa Fröling
Elfrida Roos
Erland Josephson
Sigvard Silver
Liv Ullmann
Maria
Björn Granath
Flyckt
Björn Gustafson
Officer in Command
Lennart Hjulström
Svenning Gustavsson
Helge Jordal
Navvy
Agneta Prytz
Old Woman
Rikard Wolff
Johannes
J.E. Beaucaire
Shop Owner (uncredited)
Sven Nykvist
Shop Owner (voice) (uncredited)
Henrik Schildt
Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Sven Nykvist
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Lasse Summanen
Writer, Editor
Bengt Widell
Assistant Director
Klas Olofsson
Executive Producer, Co-Producer
J.E. Beaucaire
Executive Producer
Jean Doumanian
Producer
Joseph C. Stillman
Line Producer
Peter Høimark
Production Design
Inger Pehrsson
Costume Design
Kaj Grönberg
Makeup Artist
Caroline Reedtz-Thott
Makeup Artist
Berndt Frithiof
Sound Mixer
Bo Persson
Sound
Stefan Ljungberg
Sound
Jan-Erik Lundberg
Sound
Luboš Fišer
Original Music Composer
Magnus Magnusson
Set Decoration
Marianne Johnson
Script Supervisor
Anne von Sydow
Script Supervisor
Bengt Persson
Production Manager
