The Fur (2008)

Media (4)

Original title	Pälsen
Film type	Short
Category	Fiction
Director	Björne Larsson (as Björne Larson)
Producer	Björne Larsson (as Björne Larson)
Screenplay	Björne Larsson (as Björne Larson)
Original work	Pälsen (Short story)
Production country	Sweden
Production company	Björne Larson AB

Cast

Björn Kjellman

Fares Fares

Moa Gammel Ginsburg (as Moa Gammel)

Plot summary

Doctor Henck will die on this cold and dark Christmas Eve 1897. The poor Dr Henck visits his best friend, the wealthy stockbroker John Richardt, to borrow some money for a Christmas present to...

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Doctor Henck will die on this cold and dark Christmas Eve 1897. The poor Dr Henck visits his best friend, the wealthy stockbroker John Richardt, to borrow some money for a Christmas present to his wife and newborn baby. The gentle Richardt lends his friend not only the money, but also his exclusive fur coat so that Dr Henck can walk back home in dignity. With a spark of life, and curious to see his wife's reaction, Dr Heck happily returns home wearing his friend's fur coat. His wife surprises him in the best of ways, by making love to him in the pitch black vestibule. Dr Henck experiences the long gone lust from his wife, and a last moment of happiness, until it is revealed that his wife is mistaking him for the owner of the fur coat...

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