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The Virgin Spring (1960)

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Ravished innocence... brings terrible revenge!

Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri, to deliver candles to a distant church. On their way through the woods, the girls encounter a group of savage goat herders who brutally rape and murder Karin as Ingeri remains hidden. When the killers unwittingly seek refuge in the farmhouse of Töre and Märeta, Töre plots a fitting revenge.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Ingmar Bergman
  • Profile picture of Max von Sydow
    Töre Max von Sydow
  • Profile picture of Birgitta Valberg
    Märeta Birgitta Valberg
  • Profile picture of Gunnel Lindblom
    Ingeri Gunnel Lindblom
  • Profile picture of Birgitta Pettersson
    Karin Birgitta Pettersson
  • Profile picture of Axel Düberg
    Thin Herdsman Axel Düberg
  • Profile picture of Allan Edwall
    Beggar Allan Edwall
  • Profile picture of Tor Isedal
    Mute Herdsman Tor Isedal
  • Profile picture of Axel Slangus
    Bridge Keeper Axel Slangus

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Keywords

  • rape
  • brother
  • peasant
  • child murder
  • revenge
  • pregnant woman
  • medieval
  • rape and revenge
  • 13th century
  • spring (water)