The Headsman and the Harlot

Year: 1986

Runtime: 84 mins

Language: Swedish

Director: Hrafn Gunnlaugsson

DramaRomance

Set in early‑18th‑century Sweden, where public executions are a popular spectacle and brothels are commonplace, both the executioner and a 17‑year‑old prostitute are shunned. The executioner was forced into his grim trade, reluctantly dons the black hood, while the girl was sold to a brothel and endures its nightly demands in silence. Their meeting sparks a fragile exchange that balances cruelty with tenderness and guilt with innocence.

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