The Virgin Spring

Jungfrukällan

“Ravished innocence... brings terrible revenge!”

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.

Music

Erik Nordgren

Screenplay

Ulla Isaksson

Director

Ingmar Bergman

Status

Released

Release date

08/02/1960

Original language

Swedish

Box office

US$ 1 M