The Virgin Spring
1960·Sweden·88 min.

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Set in 14th century Sweden, it is the sombre fable of peasant parents whose daughter, a young virgin, is brutally raped and murdered by goat herders after her half sister has invoked a pagan curse. By a bizarre twist of fate, the murderers ask for food and shelter from the dead girl's parents, who, discovering the truth about their erstwhile lodgers, exact a chilling revenge.
DirectorIngmar Bergman
ScreenwriterUlla Isaksson
MusicErik Nordgren
CinematographySven Nykvist
CastMax von Sydow·Birgitta Valberg·Gunnel Lindblom·Birgitta Pettersson·Axel Düberg·Allan Edwall·Tor Isedal
Original titleJungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring)