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.
Director
Ingmar Bergman
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Screenplay
Ulla Isaksson
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Release date
February 8, 1960
Top billed cast
Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson, Axel Düberg
Production companies
SF Studios
Keywords
rape, child murder, peasant, brother, revenge, pregnant woman, medieval, rape and revenge, 13th century, spring (water)
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