--- title: 'The Virgin Spring (1960)' type: 'film' director: 'Ingmar Bergman' released: '1960-02-08' runtime_minutes: 89 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Sweden' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-virgin-spring-1960' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053976/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Virgin Spring (1960) 1960 · 89 min · Drama · Sweden Original title: Jungfrukällan ## Synopsis The Virgin Spring is a 1960 Swedish period tragedy film directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in medieval Sweden, it is a tale about a father's merciless response to the rape and murder of his young daughter. The story was adapted by screenwriter Ulla Isaksson from the 13th-century Swedish ballad "Töres döttrar i Wänge". Bergman researched the legend of Per Töre with an eye to an adaptation, considering an opera before deciding on a film version. Given criticism of the historical accuracy of his 1957 film The Seventh Seal, he also invited Isaksson to write the screenplay. Other influences included the 1950 Japanese film Rashomon. Max von Sydow played Töre. ## Credits - **Director:** [Ingmar Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingmar-bergman) - **Screenplay:** [Ulla Isaksson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulla-isaksson) - **Original Music Composer:** [Erik Nordgren](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-nordgren) - **Producer:** [Allan Ekelund](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-ekelund) - **Director of Photography:** [Sven Nykvist](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-nykvist) - **Editor:** [Oscar Rosander](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-rosander) ## Cast - [Axel Düberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/axel-duberg) as Thin Herdsman - [Gudrun Brost](https://cinepixo.com/people/gudrun-brost) as Frida - [Birgitta Valberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/birgitta-valberg) as Märeta - [Gunnel Lindblom](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunnel-lindblom) as Ingeri - [Birgitta Pettersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/birgitta-pettersson) as Karin - [Oscar Ljung](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-ljung) as Simon - [Tor Isedal](https://cinepixo.com/people/tor-isedal) as Mute Herdsman - [Allan Edwall](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-edwall) as Beggar - [Max von Sydow](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-von-sydow) as Töre ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-virgin-spring-1960 Film facts: Wikidata (Q753141); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.