A bored Swede terrorizes his neighbors with stolen explosives. What could go wrong?
Young Allan feed on petty crime and theft. He spice his life by scaring people with stolen dynamite.
Acting
Ekerot's dead-eyed boredom masks something genuinely chilling.
Direction
Ohberg builds dread through mundane moments, not spectacle.
Director
Åke Ohberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-war Swedish cinema often explored repressed violence in 'respectable' society; this predates Bergman's similar themes by years.
Ekerot would later play Death in The Seventh Seal—his blank intensity here is basically rehearsal.
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