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Poster of The Virgin Spring

The Virgin Spring

Original title: Jungfrukällan

Ravished innocence... brings terrible revenge!

1960 · 1 h 30 · Sweden · Swedish

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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.

Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Written by
Ulla Isaksson

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