The Virgin Spring poster
Director Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay Ulla Isaksson

The Virgin Spring

Original Title: Jungfrukällan

Tagline: Ravished innocence... brings terrible revenge!

Release Date: 1960-02-08

Duration: 90 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Max von Sydow
    Töre
  • Allan Edwall
    Beggar
  • Gunnel Lindblom
    Ingeri
  • Gudrun Brost
    Frida
  • Tor Isedal
    Mute Herdsman
  • Birgitta Pettersson
    Karin
  • Birgitta Valberg
    Märeta
  • Leif Forstenberg
    Farm-hand
  • Ove Porath
    Boy
  • Axel Slangus
    Bridge Keeper

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