The Ox: Directed by Sven Nykvist. With Stellan Skarsgård, Ewa Fröling, Erland Josephson, Max von Sydow. Swedish pauper's family is starving. In desperation, he steals his lord's ox. He hopes that the crime will not be revealed, but it happens.

The Ox (Swedish: Oxen) is a 1991 Swedish drama film directed by Sven Nykvist. Collaborating with Lasse Summanen, Nykvist penned the screenplay adapted from the 1981 novel Oxen by Siv Cedering.

In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and baby daughter, setting off a devastating and unexpected chain of events. Find out how and …

In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox and feeds it to his wife and baby daughter. Nobody suspects anything until Helge tries to sell the hide at a local market. He is spotted by the local vicar and, wracked with guilt, confesses.

Desperate to feed his wife, Elfrida (Ewa Fröling), and their baby daughter, starving laborer Helge Roos (Stellan Skarsgard) kills an ox belonging to his employer, wealthy farmer...

A man confesses to killing his master’s ox to feed his starving wife and infant daughter yet receives a brutal jail sentence from a conniving deputy.

Sep 25, 1992 · On Christmas, 1867, in a profoundly devout rural Swedish community, Helge (Stellan Skarsgard), a young tenant farmer, peers out a windowpane ringed with frost and sees an ox belonging to his...

In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and baby daughter, setting off a devastating and unexpected chain of events.

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Nov 22, 1991 · In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and baby daughter, setting off a devastating and unexpected chain of events.