The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) (1960)

8.2	Listal rating
8	IMDB rating

Swedish (1), Nihilism (1), Sweden (1), Paganism (1), 1960 (1), (1), Drama (1), Classic (1), Witchcraft (1), Foreign Language (1), 1960s (1)

Description

Set in beautiful 14th century Sweden, it is the sombre, powerful fable of peasant parents whose daughter, a young virgin, is brutally raped and murdered by swineherds 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 ... (more)

Directed by

Ingmar Bergman

Starring (View all) :

Töre

Märeta

Ingeri

Karin

Thin Herdsman

Mute Herdsman

Beggar

Boy

Bridge Keeper

Frida

Written by (View all) :

Ulla Isaksson

writer

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