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Rape (1971)

Rape poster
Original title
Voldtekt
Directed by
Anja Breien
Genre
drama film
Country
Norway
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
15
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man is wrongly accused of rape and attempted rape. The film follows his journey through the Norwegian legal system.

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What happens

Rape (Norwegian: Voldtekt) is a 1971 Norwegian film by director Anja Breien. The film deals with a young man who is mistakenly accused of one rape and one attempted rape and how he is being processed by the judicial system. The film is shot in black and white and is divided into sections corresponding to the respective sections of Norwegian trial law which the accused encounters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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