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The Virgin Spring (1960)

The Virgin Spring (1960)

Drama History

Ravished innocence... brings terrible revenge!

Release Date: 1960, February 8
Directors: Ingmar Bergman
Countries: Sweden
Production: SF Studios
Cast: Max von Sydow, Gunnel Lindblom, Tor Borong, Gudrun Brost, Tor Isedal, Birgitta Pettersson, Allan Edwall, Axel Düberg, Birgitta Valberg, Leif Forstenberg, Oscar Ljung, Ove Porath

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

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