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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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Fru Märeta
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Herr Töre i Vänge
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Ingeri - Herr Töres och fru Märetas fosterdotter
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Karin - Herr Töres och fru Märetas dotter
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Den magre
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Den tunglöse
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Tiggaren
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Pojken - Vallare
Axel Slangus ...
Odingubben - Brovakten
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Frida - Hushållerskan
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Simon i Snollsta
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Tor Borong ...
Den gamle drängen (uncredited)
Leif Forstenberg ...
Den unge drängen (uncredited)

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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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Fiorella Betti ... italian voice dubbing: Birgitta Pettersson (uncredited)
Manlio Busoni ... italian voice dubbing: Allan Edwall (uncredited)
Marc Cassot ... french voice dubbing: Axel Düberg (uncredited)
Jacques Dacqmine ... french voice dubbing: Max von Sydow (uncredited)
Janine Fréson ... french voice dubbing: Birgitta Pettersson (uncredited)
Sophie Leclair ... french voice dubbing: Gunnel Lindblom (uncredited)
Pino Locchi ... italian voice dubbing: Axel Düberg (uncredited)
Anna Miserocchi ... italian voice dubbing: Gunnel Lindblom (uncredited)
Roland Ménard ... french voice dubbing: Oscar Ljung (uncredited)
Serge Nadaud ... french voice dubbing: Axel Slangus (uncredited)
Amilcare Pettinelli ... italian voice dubbing: Axel Slangus (uncredited)
Jacqueline Porel ... french voice dubbing: Birgitta Valberg (uncredited)
Giuseppe Rinaldi ... italian voice dubbing: Max von Sydow (uncredited)
Maria Saccenti ... italian voice dubbing: Gudrun Brost (uncredited)
Lydia Simoneschi ... italian voice dubbing: Birgitta Valberg (uncredited)
Hélène Tossy ... french voice dubbing: Gudrun Brost (uncredited)
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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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Also Known As
  • El manantial de la doncella (United States, Spanish title)
  • The Virgin Spring (World-wide, English title)
  • The Virgin Spring (India, English title)
  • The Virgin Spring (United States)
  • The Virgin Spring (Canada, English title)
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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 Edited into Journal d un père (2023). See more »
Quotes Beggar: See the smoke trembling under the roof as if with fright? Yet when it gets out in the air, it has the whole sky to swirl about in. But it doesn't know that, so it huddles and trembles in the soot under the roof. It's the same with people. They quiver like a leaf in the storm, afraid of what they know and what they don't know.
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