491

Name: 491
Director: Vilgot Sjöman
Released: 1964-03-16

1964 film by Vilgot Sjöman

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Released: March 16, 1964
Director: Vilgot Sjöman
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Screenwriter: Lars Görling
, Vilgot Sjöman
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1.Stated in Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
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Cast: Lena Nyman
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0057810/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_smRetrieved 2016-04-16
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, Åke Grönberg
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0057810/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_smRetrieved 2016-04-16
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, Lars Lind
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1.Stated in Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
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, Erik Hell
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1.Stated in Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
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Runtime: 101 min
Genre: drama film
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0057810/Retrieved 2016-04-16
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, LGBTQ-related film
Country of origin: Sweden
Original language: Swedish

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491 is a 1964 Swedish black-and-white drama film directed by Vilgot Sjöman, based on a novel by Lars Görling. The story is about a group of youth criminals who are chosen to participate in a social experiment in which they are assigned to live together in an apartment while being supervised by two forgiving social workers. The film's tagline is: "It is written that 490 times you can sin and be forgiven. This motion picture is about the 491st."

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Director of photography: Gunnar Fischer
Title: 491
Color: black-and-white
BBFC rating: none(January 23, 1968) rating certificate id: AFF059813 · distribution format: theatrical release · cause: Rejected
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Narrative location: Stockholm
CNC film rating (France): no minors under sixteen
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Medierådet rating: Prohibited for children under 16
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1.Stated in Danish Film Database
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