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The Virgin Spring
Released: February 8, 1960 (1960)
Runtime: 90 minutes
Genres: Drama, History
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Axel Slangus as Bridge Keeper
Age at release: 69
- Gudrun Brost as Frida
Age at release: 49
- Birgitta Valberg as Märeta
Age at release: 43
- Allan Edwall as Beggar
Age at release: 35
- Tor Isedal as Mute Herdsman
Age at release: 35
- Axel Düberg as Thin Herdsman
Age at release: 32
- Max von Sydow as Töre
Age at release: 30
- Gunnel Lindblom as Ingeri
Age at release: 28
- Birgitta Pettersson as Karin
Age at release: 21
- Ove Porath as Boy
Age at release: 12
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- Tor Borong as Farm-hand
Age at release: 73
- Oscar Ljung as Simon
Age at release: 50
- Leif Forstenberg as Farm-hand
Age at release: 27