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The Virgin Spring ()

Jungfrukällan (original title)
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In 14th-century Sweden, an innocent yet pampered teenage girl and her family's pregnant and jealous servant set out from their farm to deliver candles to church, but only one returns from events that transpire in the woods along the way.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations.
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Töre
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Märeta
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Ingeri
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Karin
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Thin Goat Herder
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Mute Goat Herder
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Beggar
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Boy Goat Herder
Axel Slangus ...
Bridge Keeper
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Frida
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Simon
Tor Borong ...
Old Farm-hand
Leif Forstenberg ...
Young Farm-hand

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Ingmar Bergman

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Ulla Isaksson ... ()

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Ingmar Bergman ... producer (uncredited)
Carl Anders Dymling ... line producer (uncredited)
Allan Ekelund ... producer (uncredited)

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Erik Nordgren

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Sven Nykvist

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Oscar Rosander

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P.A. Lundgren

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Marik Vos-Lundh ... (as Marik Vos)

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Börje Lundh ... makeup artist

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Carl-Henry Cagarp ... unit manager
Allan Ekelund ... production manager (uncredited)

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Lenn Hjortzberg ... assistant director

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Karl-Arne Bergman ... property master
Anders Gullberg ... poster artist (as Gullberg)
Lennart Blomkvist ... stage manager (uncredited)

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Evald Andersson ... sound effects
Staffan Dalin ... boom operator
Aaby Wedin ... sound mixer

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Rolf Holmquist ... assistant camera

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Ulla Furås ... script supervisor
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Plot Summary

Set in creepy 14th century Sweden, it is the sombre, powerful fable of wealthy land-owning parents whose daughter, a young virgin, is brutally raped and murdered by goat herders 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 erstwhile lodgers, exact a chilling revenge. Written by L.H. Wong

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Taglines Certain Essential Scenes in This Film Should Be Seen Only by Adults. They Are Not Suitable for Younger, More Impressionable Minds. We Strongly Recommend This Film for Adults Only! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Virgin Spring (World-wide, English title)
  • The Virgin Spring (India, English title)
  • The Virgin Spring (United States)
  • The Virgin Spring (Canada, English title)
  • The Virgin Spring (United Kingdom)
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  • 89 min
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Trivia The bridge keeper played by Axel Slangus clearly is supposed to be Odin. Beside his comments about recognizing Ingeri as if they have met before (suggesting he heard her prayer at the beginning of the film), there are several nods to Odinic lore. Before the bridge keeper appears, a raven is seated outside his hut. The raven was considered to be sacred to Odin. When the bridge keeper is finally shown up close, it can be seen that he is one-eyed, which is Odin's most prominent feature, having sacrificed an eye to attain wisdom. Finally, when Ingeri sits in the high-seat, she suddenly has seemingly clairvoyant hearing. This is a nod to Odin's high-seat Hlidskjalf, from which he could see all things happening in the world. See more »
Goofs When the Boy Goat Herder is placing dirt on Karin's body, her torso moves even though she is supposed to be dead. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Ljuset håller mig sällskap (2000). See more »
Quotes Töre: You see it, God, you see it. The innocent child's death and my revenge. You allowed it. I don't understand you. Yet now I beg your forgiveness. I know no other way to be reconciled with my own hands. I know no other way to live.
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