The Serpent's Way
6.3
A salesman and his son sexually abuse several generations of an indigent family's women as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife all being exploited, and the family grow with the abuser's kids.
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Cast
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Stina Ekblad
Tea Alexisdotter
Known for
Wallander
Fanny and Alexander
Stellan Skarsgård
Karl Orsa Markström
Known for
Chernobyl
Andor
Pernilla August
Eva
Known for
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Young Royals
Ernst Günther
Ol Karlsa
Known for
Fanny and Alexander
The Man from Majorca
Tomas von Brömssen
Jacob
Known for
My Life as a Dog
All Things Fair
Reine Brynolfsson
Jani
Known for
Love & Anarchy
Les Misérables
Nils Brandt
Grandfather (uncredited)
Known for
Fanny and Alexander
Beware of the Jönsson Gang
Johan Widerberg
Jani as a child
Known for
All Things Fair
The Wife
Pernilla Wahlgren
Johanna
Known for
Fanny and Alexander
Birgitta Ulfsson
Grandma
Also in
Mumintrollet
Pyhä perhe
Melinda Kinnaman
Eva as a Child
Known for
Modus
My Life as a Dog
Åsa Karlin
Child
Known for
Beck
Bo Widerberg Director · Torgny Lindgren Author Stefan Nilsson Composer
First release December 25, 1986 · Produced in Sweden · Production SF Studios, Svenska Filminstitutet
Production
Crescendo Films
Production
SF Studios
Production
Svenska Filminstitutet
Production
SVT
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Svensk Filmindustri
Production
Sweden
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Original title
Ormens väg på hälleberget
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · December 25, 1986
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
March 27, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
United Kingdom
March 25, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
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