Thriller: A Cruel Picture
sexual violence
Director(s)Alex Fridolinski, Bo Arne Vibenius
Production year1973
Date15/07/1974
Genre(s)Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes108m
CastMarshal Mc Donagh, Heinz Hopf, Pamela Petho-Galantai, Per Axel Arosenius, Christina Lindberg, Solveig Andersson
Thriller: A Cruel Picture
sexual violence
Swedish crime drama, from 1973, in which a woman who was raped as a child takes revenge against the people who subsequen ...
Swedish crime drama, from 1973, in which a woman who was raped as a child takes revenge against the people who subsequently forced her into sex work.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A trafficked woman who has been forced into heroin addiction and then into sex work is repeatedly raped. In some scenes, she is also beaten. These scenes contain nudity and sadism. In another scene, it is implied that a child is being raped, although the child is not shown on screen during this.
additional issues
People are shot in scenes which include blood spurts and blood in the aftermath. A woman is stabbed in the eye. Scenes of drug misuse involve heroin injection. There are also several drug references. Scenes of sexualised nudity occur. There is close-up sight of heavily bloodstained bedclothes. There are verbal references to suicide. Scenes of threat and menace include gun threat. Bad language includes uses of 'bitch' and 'son of a bitch'.
Classified Date:
01/11/1976
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Brent Walker Film Dist
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Unsuitable for classification
Classified Date:
15/07/1974
Version:
2D
Distributor:
EMI Dists
Unsuitable for classification:
The BBFC determined this content to be unsuitable for classification at the time it was submitted.
sexual violence
Classified Date:
28/07/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Screenbound Pictures Ltd
Cuts:
Compulsory cuts required to remove material that may cause harm to viewers by making sexual violence look appealing (explicit shots of unsimulated sexual acts edited into two scenes of sexual violence). Cuts required in accordance with BBFC Guidelines, policy and the Video Recordings Act 1984. An uncut classification was not available.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A trafficked woman who has been forced into heroin addiction and then into sex work is repeatedly raped. In some scenes, she is also beaten. These scenes contain nudity and sadism. In another scene, it is implied that a child is being raped, although the child is not shown on screen during this.
additional issues
People are shot in scenes which include blood spurts and blood in the aftermath. A woman is stabbed in the eye. Scenes of drug misuse involve heroin injection. There are also several drug references. Scenes of sexualised nudity occur. There is close-up sight of heavily bloodstained bedclothes. There are verbal references to suicide. Scenes of threat and menace include gun threat. Bad language includes uses of 'bitch' and 'son of a bitch'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A trafficked woman who has been forced into heroin addiction and then into sex work is repeatedly raped. In some scenes, she is also beaten. These scenes contain nudity and sadism. In another scene, it is implied that a child is being raped, although the child is not shown on screen during this.
additional issues
People are shot in scenes which include blood spurts and blood in the aftermath. A woman is stabbed in the eye. Scenes of drug misuse involve heroin injection. There are also several drug references. Scenes of sexualised nudity occur. There is close-up sight of heavily bloodstained bedclothes. There are verbal references to suicide. Scenes of threat and menace include gun threat. Bad language includes uses of 'bitch' and 'son of a bitch'.
Director(s)Alex Fridolinski, Bo Arne Vibenius
Production year1973
Date15/07/1974
Genre(s)Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes108m
CastMarshal Mc Donagh, Heinz Hopf, Pamela Petho-Galantai, Per Axel Arosenius, Christina Lindberg, Solveig Andersson
Classified Date:
01/11/1976
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Brent Walker Film Dist
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Unsuitable for classification
Classified Date:
15/07/1974
Version:
2D
Distributor:
EMI Dists
Unsuitable for classification:
The BBFC determined this content to be unsuitable for classification at the time it was submitted.
sexual violence
Classified Date:
28/07/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Screenbound Pictures Ltd
Cuts:
Compulsory cuts required to remove material that may cause harm to viewers by making sexual violence look appealing (explicit shots of unsimulated sexual acts edited into two scenes of sexual violence). Cuts required in accordance with BBFC Guidelines, policy and the Video Recordings Act 1984. An uncut classification was not available.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A trafficked woman who has been forced into heroin addiction and then into sex work is repeatedly raped. In some scenes, she is also beaten. These scenes contain nudity and sadism. In another scene, it is implied that a child is being raped, although the child is not shown on screen during this.
additional issues
People are shot in scenes which include blood spurts and blood in the aftermath. A woman is stabbed in the eye. Scenes of drug misuse involve heroin injection. There are also several drug references. Scenes of sexualised nudity occur. There is close-up sight of heavily bloodstained bedclothes. There are verbal references to suicide. Scenes of threat and menace include gun threat. Bad language includes uses of 'bitch' and 'son of a bitch'.
