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The Virgin Spring

The Virgin Spring (1960)

Original title: Jungfrukällan

Ravished innocence... brings terrible revenge!

  • Genre: Drama · History
  • Country: Sweden
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Released: 1960-02-08
  • TMDB rating: 7.9 / 10 (674)

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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