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The Virgin Spring (1960) | User Rating
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Original title: Jungfrukällan
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 24, 2006
Running Time
1 hour, 29 minutes
Country Sweden
Studio Svensk Filmindustri, Swedish Film Production
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The Virgin Spring (1960)
• Jungfrukällan (1960)
• Die Jungfrauenquelle (1960)
• La Fontana della vergine (1960)
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Genre: Drama, Murder, Revenge, Religion, Investigation, Disturbing, Suspense, Period Piece, Witches, Wizards & Magic, Marriage, Teenage, Tragedy, Experimental
Plot: Derived from a medieval ballad, THE VIRGIN SPRING was director Ingmar Bergman's first film to win an Academy Award. The movie represents a return to simpler themes for Bergman after the philosophical complexity of THE SEVENTH SEAL and WILD STRAWBERRIES. On its most basic level, it’s the story of violent crime violently avenged, but it can also be interpreted as a religious allegory on Christian forgiveness. A young girl, Karin (Birgitta Pettersson), is raped and killed by two herdsman on her way to church. Her foster sister, played by Gunnel Lindblom, witnesses the crime and reports back to Karin’s parents (Max von Sydow and Birgitta Valberg) shortly after the perpetrators arrive at the couple’s home seeking shelter for the night, unaware of their hosts' identity. Karin’s grief-stricken father decides to take brutal revenge on his daughter’s murderers. THE VIRGIN SPRING represents Bergman’s first full collaboration with director of photography Sven Nykvist, who had previously worked as a co-director of photography on SAWDUST AND TINSEL.
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| Directed by |
Ingmar Bergman
The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Fanny and Alexander |
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S.O.S. - En segelsällskapsresa, Vem var Dracula?, Victor Frankenstein | Allan Edwall
Fanny and Alexander, Offret / Sacrifice, Winter Light | |
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| Music By |
Erik Nordgren
The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Smiles of a Summer Night |
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