Young Charlie becomes a farmhand on a remote Swedish island during the early 19th century. His master is a pirate who, together with his two daughters, live on killing shipwrecked sailors and stealing their cargo. Eventually, Charlie begins to question the correctness of his master living.
Acting
Sven Wollter's terrifying ordinariness as Peter.
Cinematography
Bleak island isolation that suffocates beautifully.
Writing
Charlie's slow moral awakening, never preachy.
Director
Kjell Sundvall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anton Glanzelius was already famous from 'My Life as a Dog' (1985); this was his darker follow-up.
Based on a true 19th-century Swedish pirate family who lured ships onto rocks—Sundvall deliberately underplayed the horror to make it more disturbing.
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