To Kill a Child (2003 film)

2003 Swedish-Finnish short film

To Kill a Child

Att döda ett barn
Directed by	Alexander Skarsgård Björne Larson
Written by	Alexander Skarsgård Björne Larson
Based on	To Kill a Child by Stig Dagerman
Produced by	Anna Knochenhauer
Starring	Valter Skarsgård Christer Fjellström Evalena Ljung Kjellberg Jonas Sjöqvist Sofia Zouagui
Narrated by	Stellan Skarsgård
Cinematography	John Christian Rosenlund
Edited by	Kristin Grundström
Music by	Mario Adamson
Production company	Björne Larson AB
Distributed by	Björne Larson Film Film i Väst
Release dates	January 25, 2003 (2003-01-25) (Sweden, Gothenburg Film Festival)
Running time	8 minutes
Countries	Finland Sweden
Language	Swedish

To Kill a Child (Swedish: Att döda ett barn) is a 2003 Swedish-Finnish short drama film written and directed by Alexander Skarsgård and Björne Larson, and based on Stig Dagerman's novella Att döda ett barn.

Plot

A man is on his way to the ocean. A child is running through a backyard. In four minutes their fates will intertwine. One life will be changed forever whilst the other's flame will burn out.

About the film

The film premiered on 7 February 2003 and has also been shown on Swedish Television.

Cast

Valter Skarsgård - The Child
Christer Fjellström - The Father
Evalena Ljung Kjellberg - The Mother
Jonas Sjöqvist - The Man
Sofia Zouagui - The Woman
Stellan Skarsgård - Narrator

Awards

2003 Odense International Film Festival - Grand Prix: Alexander Skarsgård and Björne Larson
2003 Odense International Film Festival - Press Award: Alexander Skarsgård and Björne Larson

External links

"Att döda ett barn" at IMDb

References

"Att döda ett barn". Nyheter24 Filmtipset (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
"Att döda ett barn". Svensk Filmdatabas (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
"To Kill a Child". Glimtz.net. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

v t e Stig Dagerman
Novels	The Snake (1945) Island of the Doomed (1946) A Burnt Child (1948) Wedding Worries (1949)
Other works	German Autumn (1947 book of journalism) "To Kill a Child" (1948 short story) A Night at Glimmingehus (1954 screenplay)
Film adaptations	To Kill a Child (1953) Swedish Wedding Night (1964) Ormen (1966) To Kill a Child (2003)
Miscellaneous	Stig Dagerman Prize

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