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To Kill a Child (1953)

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Original title
Att döda ett barn
Directed by
Gösta Werner
Genre
explainer video
Country
Sweden
Runtime
10 min
Rated
15
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man accidentally hits a child with his car. The film shows the moments before and after this event taking place.

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What happens

To Kill a Child (Swedish: Att döda ett barn) is a Swedish short film from 1953 that was based on the novella by Stig Dagerman with the same name. The film shows how a man hits a child with his car. The film was made in the summer of 1952 in Haväng, Skåne, and was first screened on 31 October 1952 in Uppsala Studenternas Filmstudio, but did not officially premiere until 27 August 1953. The film was allowed from 15 years of age and up. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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