The Virgin Spring

1960 · Jungfrukällan

Directed by

Ingmar Bergman

Starring

Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom

Runtime

1h 30m

Country

USA

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.