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Torment

Torment

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Drama

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Jan-Erik Widgren meets the lonely Bertha Olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Though Bertha is already linked to Caligula, Jan-Erik's heartless teacher, she begins a relationship with the boy anyway. When Caligula learns that Jan-Erik is having an affair with Bertha, he begins to torture his student psychologically. He reserves his cruelest behavior for Bertha, however, which results in a tragic turn of events.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Swedish

Runtime

101 mins

Rating

7.108/10

Release Date

02 October 1944

Country

Sweden

Cast

Stig Järrel

Stig Järrel

Caligula

Alf Kjellin

Alf Kjellin

Jan-Erik Widgren

Mai Zetterling

Mai Zetterling

Bertha Olsson

Olof Winnerstrand

Olof Winnerstrand

Headmaster

Gösta Cederlund

Gösta Cederlund

Pippi

Hugo Björne

Hugo Björne

Dr. Nilsson

Olav Riégo

Olav Riégo

Mr. Widgren

Märta Arbin

Märta Arbin

Mrs. Widgren

Jan Molander

Jan Molander

Pettersson

Gunnar Björnstrand

Gunnar Björnstrand

Teacher

Birger Malmsten

Birger Malmsten

Kreutz, student

Stig Olin

Stig Olin

Sandman, student

Richard Lund

Richard Lund

Teacher (uncredited)

Carl-Olof Alm

Carl-Olof Alm

Gunnar Almqvist

Gunnar Almqvist

Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman

Rolf Bergström

Rolf Bergström

Bengt Carenborg

Bengt Carenborg

Nils Dahlgren

Nils Dahlgren

Bengt Dalunde

Bengt Dalunde

Edvard Danielsson

Edvard Danielsson

Curt Edgard

Curt Edgard

Sten Gester

Sten Gester

Palle Granditsky

Palle Granditsky

Carl-Einar Gregmar

Carl-Einar Gregmar

Gunnar Hedberg

Gunnar Hedberg

Gustaf Hedström

Gustaf Hedström

Torsten Hillberg

Torsten Hillberg

Nils Hultgren

Nils Hultgren

Allan Linder

Allan Linder

Lennart Nyberg

Lennart Nyberg

Anders Nyström

Anders Nyström

Bengt Persson

Bengt Persson

Arne Ragneborn

Arne Ragneborn

Bertil Solberg

Bertil Solberg

Greta Stave

Greta Stave

Lillie Wästfeldt

Lillie Wästfeldt

John Zacharias

John Zacharias

Tom Österholm

Tom Österholm

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