The read
Scores higher than 87% of the 786 1960s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
688 audience votes
Key crew
- Ingmar BergmanDirector
- Ulla IsakssonScreenplay
- Erik NordgrenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Max von SydowTöre
- Birgitta ValbergMäreta
- Gunnel LindblomIngeri
- Birgitta PetterssonKarin
- Axel DübergThin Herdsman
- Allan EdwallBeggar
- Tor IsedalMute Herdsman
- Ove PorathBoy
- Axel SlangusBridge Keeper
- Gudrun BrostFrida
- Oscar LjungSimon
- Tor BorongFarm-hand
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Themes
rapebrotherpeasantchild murderrevengepregnant womanmedievalrape and revenge13th centuryspring (water)
The Best Movies of 1960
The Virgin Spring is #11 of 60
