Evil (2003 film)
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| Directed by | Mikael Håfström |
| Screenplay by | Hans Gunnarsson Mikael Håfström |
| Based on | Evil by Jan Guillou |
| Produced by | Ingemar Leijonborg Hans Lönnerheden |
| Starring | Andreas Wilson Henrik Lundström Gustaf Skarsgård |
| Cinematography | Peter Mokrosinski |
| Edited by | Darek Hodor |
| Music by | Francis Shaw |
Production company | Moviola |
| Distributed by | Columbia TriStar Films AB |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Budget | $3,000,000 |
| Box office | $12,469,000 |
Evil (Swedish: Ondskan) is a 2003 Swedish teen drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 September 2003, directed by Mikael Håfström, based on Jan Guillou's semi-autobiographical novel of the same title from 1981, and starring Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundström and Gustaf Skarsgård. The film is set in a private boarding school in the late 1950s with institutional violence as its theme.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards. It won three Swedish Guldbagge Awards including Best Film.