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5.4/10   83 votes
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Director:
Vilgot Sjöman
Writers:
Lars Görling (novel)
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Release Date:
16 March 1964 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
It is written that 490 times you can sin and be forgiven. This motion picture is about the 491st.
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If evil were unpleasant, would it be a problem? more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Lars Lind ... Krister
Leif Nymark ... Nisse
Stig Törnblom ... Egon
Lars Hansson ... Pyret
Sven Algotsson ... Jingis
Torleif Cederstrand ... Butcher
Bo Andersson ... Fisken
Lena Nyman ... Steva
Frank Sundström ... Inspector
Åke Grönberg ... Reverend Mild
Mona Andersson ... Kajsa
Jan Blomberg ... Tester
Siegfried Wald ... German Sailor
Wilhelm Fricke ... German Sailor
Erik Hell ... Policeman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
491 (USA)
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Runtime:
101 min | Germany:88 min
Country:
Sweden
Language:
Swedish
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-18 | Norway:(Banned) (1964-1971) | Norway:18 (1971) | Sweden:(Banned) (1963) | Sweden:15 | UK:R (1968) | West Germany:18

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
If evil were unpleasant, would it be a problem?, 25 September 2002
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Author: Rod Morgan from DC



Not unlike "Rainmaker" but with a more direct sexual tone, "491" is miles away from most of the R-and-X rated Swedish films that landed in the U.S. around the same time. Serious to a fault, it tells the story of a mesmerizing young man who seduces a family. Title comes from a (false) reading of the Christian text to forgive others "seventy times seven," and posits that after 490 sins, your number is up. Disturbing, memorable, with terrific acting and direction. Worth a look.

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