Evil

Name: Evil
Director: Mikael Håfström
Released: 2003-05-16

2003 film directed by Mikael Håfström

FilmfilmQ1382421

Also known as Ondskan

Released: May 16, 2003
, September 16, 2003
, November 14, 2003
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Director: Mikael Håfström
Screenwriter: Hans Gunnarsson
, Mikael Håfström
, Klas Östergren
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Producer: Ingemar Leijonborg
, Hans Lönnerheden
Cast: Gustaf Skarsgård
, Filip Berg
, Andreas Wilson
, Mats Bergman
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Runtime: 114 min
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: Sweden
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Evil is a 2003 Swedish teen drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 September 2003, directed by Mikael Håfström, based on Jan Guillou's semi-autobiographical novel of the same title from 1981, and starring Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundström and Gustaf Skarsgård. The film is set in a private boarding school in the late 1950s with institutional violence as its theme.

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Based on: Evil
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1.Stated in Swedish Film Database
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Film editor: Darek Hodor
Title: Ondskan
Director of photography: Piotr Mokrosiński
Nominations: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film(January 27, 2004) statement is subject of: 76th Academy Awards
International Submission to the Academy Awards(2004) subject named as: Evil · significant event: 77th Academy Awards · nominee: Sweden
After a work by: Jan Guillou
Set in period: 1950s
Color: color
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Narrative location: Sweden
Stjärnsberg
Medierådet rating: For ages 11 and up
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1.Stated in Danish Film Database
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Distribution format: video on demand
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: fails · criterion used: considering named characters only
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2017-12-10
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Review score: 61/100(March 2, 2024) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 15 critic review
68%(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 38 critic review
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6.5/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Evil”Retrieved 2021-10-07
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Production designer: Anna Asp
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1.Stated in Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
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Takes place in fictional universe: Evil universe
Set in environment: boarding school
Filmiroda rating: Category III rating certificate id: F/0258/J
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