Desc: Bödeln: Directed by Bengt Lagerkvist. With Erik Hell, John Elfström, Oscar Ljung, Karl Erik Flens. The events take place in two periods of time. In the Middle Ages a group of men sit and discuss the evil at the tavern. With the hangman close by. 1930s: a dance hall where many people gathered. A jazz orchestra of colored musicians entertain. When the musicians take a break to eat, they are denied this by a Nazi.