Manrape (1978)
"Män kan inte våldtas" (original title)

A woman who has been raped by a work colleague plots and executes an elaborate and humiliating revenge.

Director:

Jörn Donner

Writers:

Jörn Donner, Märta Tikkanen (novel)

Stars:

Anna Godenius, Gösta Bredefeldt, Toni Regner

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anna Godenius	...	Eva Randers
Gösta Bredefeldt	...	Martin Wester
Toni Regner	...	Agneta Jonsson
Nils Brandt	...	Driver
Algot Böstman	...	Jon Randers
Carl-Axel Heiknert	...	Bowling coach
Christina Indrenius-Zalewski	...	Wester's ex-wife
Märta Laurent	...	Öhman
Margit Lindeman	...	Head-waitress
Svante Martin	...	Svante
Veronika Mattson	...	Anna Andersson
Asko Sarkola	...	Paperboy
Göran Schauman	...	Bertil Sund
Lars Svedberg	...	Pettersson
Gustav Wiklund	...	Janitor

Storyline

A woman who has been raped by a work colleague plots and executes an elaborate and humiliating revenge.

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Plot Keywords:

revenge | wig | bowling | shooting | humiliation | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Finland Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

25 February 1978 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Manrape

Filming Locations:

Helsinki, Finland

Box Office

Gross:

SEK 3,189,103 (Sweden)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jörn Donner Productions, Stockholm Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Pettersson: What's your crime?
Eva Randers: I have raped a man.
Pettersson: [amazed] You can't rape a man.

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Connections

Referenced in Paluu Sodankylään (2011)

User Reviews

A great thriller

Män kan inte våldtas is a great film from the Finnish director Jörn Donner. A slowly, but powerfully proceeding thriller of a woman who wants to revenge to her rapist by raping him. There are lots of scenes in this film, which don't contain dialog at all. Those are a great example of Donner's skills to tell the story with pure images. The film is very well written and the actors in leading roles (Anna Godenius, Gösta Bredefelt) are simply just magnificent.

Although the actors are mostly from Sweden and the film is totally spoken in Swedish it is still filmed in Helsinki, Finland.

I highly recommend this film to people who like intellectual thrillers.