The Virgin Spring

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-11-14

Languages:

Swedish, German

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (17292 Reviews)

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Max von Sydow Birgitta Valberg Gunnel Lindblom Birgitta Pettersson

Writer:

Ulla Isaksson

Fullplot:

Set in beautiful 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.

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