The Ox (1991)

Stellan Skarsgård: Helge Roos

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• [first lines] 

  Elfrida Roos : [Helge killed his master's ox]  No! Have you gone out of your mind, Helge?

  Helge Roos : What am I to do? We have to eat.

  Elfrida Roos : How could you? How could you do this to Svenning?

  Helge Roos : [screaming]  Svenning has another one. We must survive.

  [pause] 

  Helge Roos : Help me. Stop whimpering and help me. Help me. You don't want Anna to fall ill and die, do you?

• Elfrida Roos : We have sinned before God... before the law... and before Svenning, our own master. We could at least asked him first. You knew that we would both be guilty in the eyes of the Lord. You should have asked the vicar...

  Helge Roos : Be quiet! What do you want me to do? Give them back the meat?