Drama ·History · Sweden · 1960 · 1h 30m

The Virgin Spring

Jungfrukällan

The Virgin Spring poster
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Cast
Max von Sydow as Töre Birgitta Valberg as Märeta Gunnel Lindblom as Ingeri Birgitta Pettersson as Karin Axel Düberg as Thin Herdsman Allan Edwall as Beggar
Crew
Sven Nykvist — Director of Photography Oscar Rosander — Editor Erik Nordgren — Original Music Composer Ulla Isaksson — Screenplay Ingmar Bergman — Producer Allan Ekelund — Producer
Tagline

Ravished innocence... brings terrible revenge!

Synopsis

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.

Trailer The Virgin Spring — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
rapebrotherpeasantchild murderrevengepregnant womanmedievalrape and revenge13th centuryspring (water)
Key Collaborators
Ingmar Bergman Director Sven Nykvist Director of Photography Oscar Rosander Editor Erik Nordgren Original Music Composer Ulla Isaksson Screenplay Ingmar Bergman Producer Allan Ekelund Producer P.A. Lundgren Production Design Marik Vos-Lundh Costume Design
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