The Virgin Spring

7.8

Sweden

Drama History

90 min

1960

Max von Sydow Birgitta Valberg Gunnel Lindblom Birgitta Pettersson Axel Düberg Allan Edwall Tor Isedal Axel Slangus Gudrun Brost Oscar Ljung Tor Borong

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.