The Ox (film)

The Ox
US theatrical poster
Directed by	Sven Nykvist
Produced by	Jean Doumanian
Written by	Sven Nykvist Lasse Summanen
Starring	Stellan Skarsgård
Cinematography	Sven Nykvist
Edited by	Lasse Summanen
Release dates	22 November 1992 (1992-11-22)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

The Ox (Swedish: Oxen) is a 1991 Swedish drama film directed by Sven Nykvist. He wrote the script with Lasse Summanen.

Cast

Stellan Skarsgård - Helge Roos
Ewa Fröling - Elfrida Roos
Lennart Hjulström - Svenning Gustavsson
Max von Sydow - Vicar
Liv Ullmann - Mrs. Gustafsson
Björn Granath - Flyckt
Erland Josephson - Sigvard Silver
Rikard Wolff - Johannes
Helge Jordal - Navvy
Agneta Prytz - Old Woman
Björn Gustafson - Officer in command
J.E. Beaucaire - Shop Owner
Debora Hjälmarö - Helge's and Elfrida's daughter

Awards

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards in 1992. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] Sven Nykvist was nominated for the Best Cinematography award at the 27th Guldbagge Awards.^[2]

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Ox". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
↑ "The Ox (1991)". The Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

External links

The Ox at the Internet Movie Database
The Ox at the Swedish Film Institute Database

Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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