Jungfrukällan

"Ravished innocence... brings terrible revenge!"

Nov 14 1960 Not Rated 1h 29m
Drama

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.

Plot

Set in creepy 14th century Sweden, it is the sombre, powerful fable of wealthy land-owning 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.

Written by

Ulla Isaksson

Directed by

Ingmar Bergman

Cast

Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom

Crew

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Production Countries

Sweden

Production Companies

SF Studios

Languages

svenska, Deutsch

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 2 nominations total

Trailers
The Virgin Spring - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song (Fleet Foxes)
1960 The virgin spring Official Trailer 1 Svensk Filmindustri
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