Human Monsters, Psychological, Genre Hybrids
The Virgin Spring
1960
Ravished innocence... brings terrible revenge!
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
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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 the killers unwittingly seek refuge in the farmhouse of Töre and Märeta, Töre plots a fitting revenge.
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- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Written by
- Ulla Isaksson
- Produced by
- Allan Ekelund, Ingmar Bergman
- Composer
- Erik Nordgren
- Cinematographer
- Sven Nykvist
- Editor
- Oscar Rosander
- Sound Designers
- Aaby Wedin, Staffan Dalin
- Studio
- SF Studios
- Origin country
- Sweden
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Language
- sv
- TMDB
- 7.8/10 (674 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 88% Fresh
- IMDb
- 8.0/10 (33,263 votes)
Released February 8, 1960·Jungfrukällan·$700,000 revenue
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The Evolution of Horror — FOLK Pt 6: The Seventh Seal (1957) & The Virgin Spring (1960)
