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THE SUGAR EXPERIMENT

SOCKEREXPERIMENTET

By John TORNBLAD

Drama - Completed 2023

At an institution for disabled persons, year 1948, Johanna and Vilgot, two inpatients, meet
and fall in love. Their everyday life is turned upside down when they become a part of a new,
secret experiment, without them knowing. The goal of the experiment is to save the Swedish
dental health care.

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Drama, Historical, True Story
- Countries
- SWEDEN
- Languages
- SWEDISH
- Budget
- 10 - 25 M$
- Duration
- 96 mn
- Director(s)
- John TORNBLAD
- Writer(s)
- Helena JOHANSSON
- Cast
- Henrik NORMAN, Sandra REDLAFF, Per RAGNAR, Elisabeth EDHE THORBJÖRNSDOTTER, Amanda MALMBERG, Isak BRUNO, Tony LUNDGREN
- Producer(s)
- Johan FÅGELSTRÖM (AFFEKT FILM AB)
- Synopsis
- At an institution for disabled persons, year 1948, Johanna and Vilgot, two inpatients, meet
  and fall in love. Their everyday life is turned upside down when they become a part of a new,
  secret experiment, without them knowing. The goal of the experiment is to save the Swedish
  dental health care.
  
  Curio
  Based on a true story about a Swedish dental health care experiment,
  Vipeholmsexperimenten. The experiment was conducted against all guidelines regarding
  research ethics that were established after the second World War.
  During the course of the experiment, 3000 teeth had to be treated and 2000 teeth was
  extracted. And a total of 600 individuals partook in the experiment.
  The patients depicted in the film were all played by actors and extras who have different
  disabilities themselves.
  
  Background
  The film is inspired by a very controversial experiment that took place in Sweden in 1948.
  The reason behind it was the severely declining dental health. Due to this, a project funded
  by the state was put in place with the purpose to examine the connection between a
  carbohydrate intake and caries. During the run of the experiment 600 persons with
  disabilities were fed high doses of sugar. The result of the study showed a correlation and
  Sweden was known worldwide for proving this. However, the study was conducted against
  all guidelines regarding existing research ethics of that time. Guidelines that were
  established during the Nürnberg trials after WW2