---
title: '491 (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vilgot Sjöman'
released: '1964-03-16'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/491-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057810/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# 491 (1964)

1964 · 101 min · Drama · Sweden


## Synopsis

491 is a 1964 Swedish black-and-white drama film directed by Vilgot Sjöman, based on a novel by Lars Görling. The story is about a group of youth criminals who are chosen to participate in a social experiment in which they are assigned to live together in an apartment while being supervised by two forgiving social workers. The film's tagline is: "It is written that 490 times you can sin and be forgiven. This motion picture is about the 491st."

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vilgot Sjöman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilgot-sjoman)
- **Screenplay:** [Vilgot Sjöman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilgot-sjoman), [Lars Görling](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-gorling)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georg Riedel](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-riedel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gunnar Fischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunnar-fischer)

## Cast

- [Mona Andersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mona-andersson)
- [Lars Lind](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-lind)
- [Åke Grönberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ake-gronberg)
- [Willem Fricke](https://cinepixo.com/people/willem-fricke)
- [Erik Hell](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-hell)
- [Lena Nyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/lena-nyman)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/491-1964
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