The Virgin Spring
1960 · TMDB 7.8 · Jungfrukällan
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
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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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...
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- Runtime
- 90 min
- Released
- 1960-02-08
- Studio
- SF Studios
- Country
- Sweden
- Language
- Swedish
- TMDB score
- 7.8
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