491 (film)

Infobox Film
name = 491


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director = Vilgot Sjöman
producer = Lars-Owe Carlberg
writer = Lars Görling Vilgot Sjöman
narrator =
starring = Lars Lind
music = Georg Riedel
cinematography = Gunnar Fischer
editing = Lennart Wallén
distributor = Svensk Filmindustri
released = 1964
runtime = 101 min.
country = Sweden
language = Swedish
budget =
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imdb_id = 0057810

"491" is a 1964 Swedish black and white film, directed by Vilgot Sjöman, based on a novel by Lars Görling.

Tagline: "It is written that 490 times you can sin and be forgiven. This motion picture is about the 491st."

This controversial film, which featured a male homosexual rape scene, was first banned in Sweden, but released after reediting. Amongst other things, a scene in which a woman is raped by a dog was cut. The film was also banned in Norway until 1971.

The reactions from especially conservative elements in Sweden against this film were of disgust and outrage, and it was one of the reasons why the Christian Democratic Party was founded in 1965.

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