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The Virgin Spring(1960)
Status: Released
Date: 1960-02-08
78%
654 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Ravished innocence... brings terrible revenge!
Overview:
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.
Languages: Swedish.
Countries:
Sweden
Revenue: $700,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Virgin Spring
Top 10 Billed Cast
Max von Sydow
Töre
Birgitta Valberg
Märeta
Gunnel Lindblom
Ingeri
Birgitta Pettersson
Karin
Axel Düberg
Thin Herdsman
Allan Edwall
Beggar
Tor Isedal
Mute Herdsman
Axel Slangus
Bridge Keeper
Gudrun Brost
Frida
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