The Headsman and the Harlot (1986)
• December 29th, 1986 • 1h 24min
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
Overview
Sweden, beginning of the 18th Century. Executions are popular entertainment and brothels a given. Still the executioner and the whore are both despised and shunned. The executioner became executioner against his will and the whore, only 17 years old, was forced into the brothel. This is the story of how the two meet and exchange cruelty with tenderness, guilt with innocence.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Name of the Rose
Released on: 1986-09-24
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to f...
Mama Mama Jagoan
Released on: 2018-11-22
Comedy, Drama, Family
Myrna, whose husband just passed away, struggling with depression. She just found her purpose once a...
Andrei Rublev
Released on: 1966-12-16
Drama, History
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei R...
The Seventh Seal
Released on: 1957-02-16
Fantasy, Drama
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country ...
Tristan & Isolde
Released on: 2006-04-07
Drama, Romance
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spell...
Queen Esther
Released on: 1948-01-02
Drama
A Jewish woman, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, becomes queen of Persia and thwarts a genocide...
White
Released on: 2016-07-29
Drama, Romance
'White' revolves around a banker who is in his 40's and is a widower. He leads a luxurious lifestyle...
The Warrior
Released on: 2001-09-07
History, Drama, Action, War
In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Kore...
Angela Goes On
Released on: 1982-03-08
Drama, Comedy, Romance
One woman taxi driver in Bucharest is hoping for a conventional relationship.
Knights of the Round Table
Released on: 1953-12-22
Romance, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one ...
Another Woman
Released on: 1988-10-13
Drama
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to wor...
Arn: The Knight Templar
Released on: 2007-12-25
Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land...
Camelot
Released on: 1967-10-25
Adventure, Music, Romance
The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment to S...
Same Time, Next Year
Released on: 1978-04-23
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are married to other...
Immoral Tales
Released on: 1974-08-28
Drama, Romance
Four erotic tales from in various historical eras. The first, 'The Tide', is set in the present day,...
Second Coming
Released on: 2014-09-02
Drama
A married, middle-class London couple are shocked when they seem to have been blessed — or cursed — ...
Barbarossa
Released on: 2009-10-09
Drama, History
Year 1100. Italy.The Northern lands are ruled by a German emperor: Fredrick aka "Barbarossa. His dre...