The Virgin Spring
“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.
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Cast
13 people
Max von Sydow
Töre
Known for
Shutter Island
Minority Report
Birgitta Valberg
Märeta
Known for
Shame
Port of Call
Gunnel Lindblom
Ingeri
Known for
The Seventh Seal
The Silence
Birgitta Pettersson
Karin
Known for
The Magician
Axel Düberg
Thin Herdsman
Known for
The Magician
The Devil's Eye
Allan Edwall
Beggar
Known for
Fanny and Alexander
The Sacrifice
Tor Isedal
Mute Herdsman
Known for
Swedes at Sea
Pippi in the South Seas
Ove Porath
Boy
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Axel Slangus
Bridge Keeper
Also in
Meidän poikamme
The Village Shoemakers
Gudrun Brost
Frida
Known for
Hour of the Wolf
Sawdust and Tinsel
Oscar Ljung
Simon
Known for
The Magician
The New Land
Tor Borong
Farm-hand
Also in
Summer with Monika
This Can't Happen Here
Ingmar Bergman Director · Ulla Isaksson Screenplay Erik Nordgren Composer
Worldwide gross $700K · United States release November 20, 2018 · Produced in Sweden
Box office
Worldwide gross
$700,000
Production
SF Studios
Production
Svensk Filmindustri
Production
Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Jungfrukällan
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
German · Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · February 8, 1960
Theatrical
United States · November 20, 2018
Physical · Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema Blu-ray
Denmark
September 15, 1960 · Theatrical
Finland
October 14, 1966 · Theatrical
France
November 8, 1960 · Theatrical
Germany
September 2, 1960 · Theatrical
Greece
August 29, 2013 · Theatrical · Re-Release
December 8, 2022 · Theatrical · Re-Release
Italy
December 22, 1960 · Theatrical
Japan
March 18, 1961 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 26, 2004 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
January 16, 1980 · Theatrical · Re-Release
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