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Product Information
A medieval tale of superstition and murder in which a father exacts a terrible revenge on the two swineherds who murdered his virgin daughter. Swedish dialogue with subtitles.
Product Identifiers
EAN5023965339522
eBay Product ID (ePID)3952503
Product Key Features
ActorBrigitta Pattersson, Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom
Film/TV TitleThe Virgin Spring
DirectorIngmar Bergman
LanguageSwedish
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time86 Mins
Aspect Ratio4:3
FormatDVD
Release Year2002
FeaturesBlack & White, Star And Director Filmographies\Scene Selection\Philip Strick Film Notes\Stills Gallery\The Bergman Collection Trailer, With Subtitles
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureSweden
Additional InformationDerived from a medieval ballad, THE VIRGIN SPRING was director Ingmar Bergman's first film to win an Academy Award. The movie represents a return to simpler themes for Bergman after the philosophical complexity of THE SEVENTH SEAL and WILD STRAWBERRIES. On its most basic level, it's the story of violent crime violently avenged, but it can also be interpreted as a religious allegory on Christian forgiveness. A young girl, Karin (Birgitta Pettersson), is raped and killed by two herdsman on her way to church. Her foster sister, played by Gunnel Lindblom, witnesses the crime and reports back to Karin's parents (Max von Sydow and Birgitta Valberg) shortly after the perpetrators arrive at the couple's home seeking shelter for the night, unaware of their hosts' identity. Karin's grief-stricken father decides to take brutal revenge on his daughter's murderers. THE VIRGIN SPRING represents Bergman's first full collaboration with director of photography Sven Nykvist, who had previously worked as a co-director of photography on SAWDUST AND TINSEL.