Six youth criminals are chosen to participate in a social experiment, named "Guesthouse Objectivity" (Pensionatet Sakligheten), where they are assigned to live together in an apartment ...
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Title: 491 (1964)
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| Lars Lind | ... | Krister | |
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Leif Nymark | ... | Nisse |
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Stig Törnblom | ... | Egon |
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Lars Hansson | ... | Pyret |
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Sven Algotsson | ... | Jingis |
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Torleif Cederstrand | ... | Butcher |
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Bo Andersson | ... | Fisken |
| Lena Nyman | ... | Steva | |
| Frank Sundström | ... | Inspector | |
| Åke Grönberg | ... | Reverend Mild | |
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Mona Andersson | ... | Kajsa |
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Jan Blomberg | ... | Tester |
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Siegfried Wald | ... | German Sailor |
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Willem Fricke | ... | German Sailor |
| Erik Hell | ... | Policeman | |
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Six youth criminals are chosen to participate in a social experiment, named "Guesthouse Objectivity" (Pensionatet Sakligheten), where they are assigned to live together in an apartment while being supervised by two forgiving social workers. Written by Ulf Kjell Gür
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swedish lifestyle | male objectification | horniness | homosexual rape | male rape |Taglines:
It is written that 490 times you can sin and be forgiven. This motion picture is about the 491st.Certificate:
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The title "491" is based on the words of Christ for forgiveness. "Then Peter came to him and said: Lord, how often should I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times? Jesus said to him, I tell you, not seven times but seventy times seven." (Matt. 18:22). 70 x 7 is 490, but the question is whether the 491th time also will be forgiven. See more »Alternate Versions
German theatrical version was cut by ca. 12 minutes to secure a "Not under 18" rating. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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16 March 1964 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
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Six troubled young boys are to go through a social experiment. They are supposedly doing this out of free will but in fact they have no choice, either the experiment or jail. The person in charge, Lars Lind is a young bourgeois fellow who is repeatedly let down and abused by Leif Nymark.
This movie was an absolute bombshell when it opened in 1964. There are some scenes in this movie that were extremely shocking to the average audience of that time, including tacit allusions to sodomy and a scene depicting (out of shot) a dog rape! Apart from that there was the naked portrait of a society in change where young people behave in a way unknown to their parents. This was unnerving, unsettling. But the Problem with the movie is that despite its good intentions it doesn't work. The character of Krister played by Lind is nothing but a caricature. He lacks every trace of credibility. His naivete is just out of this world. Also Vilgot Sjöman's (know as Vilgot Seaman in the States) attacks on the new social experiments is unfounded, superficial and simplistic. '491' is still a movie worth seeing, at least as a historical lesson.
Also worth mentioning is that the screenwriter, Lars Görling committed suicide after his own movie 'Tillsammans med Gunilla måndag kväll och tisdag' Sweden (1965), turned out only to be a mediocre product.