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Who Saw Him Die? (1968)

Who Saw Him Die? poster
Original title
Ole dole doff
Directed by
Jan Troell
Genre
drama film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
15+
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A liberal teacher tries to manage a chaotic classroom of unruly children. He struggles with the daily demands and challenges of his job.

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What happens

Who Saw Him Die? (Swedish: Ole dole doff, a counting-out rhyme similar to eeny, meeny, miny, moe) is a 1968 black-and-white Swedish film about a liberal teacher struggling with the demands of teaching a classroom of unruly children. The screenplay is by Clas Engström, based on his own novel. The film won the Golden Bear at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival in 1968. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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