The Headsman and the Harlot

The Headsman and the Harlot (1986)

December 29th, 19861h 24min

Drama, Romance, TV Movie
60%

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.


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