The Virgin Spring

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The Virgin Spring is a 1960 Swedish medieval drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its stark exploration of faith, guilt, and revenge and for winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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instanceOf film
medieval film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
awardYear 1961
basedOn medieval Swedish ballad Töres döttrar i Wänge
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Sven Nykvist
countryOfOrigin Sweden
criticalReception acclaimed
director Ingmar Bergman
distributor Svensk Filmindustri
editedBy Oscar Rosander
festivalScreening Cannes Film Festival
genre drama
historical drama
medieval drama
hasCharacter Ingeri
Karin
Töre
hasPosterArt original Swedish theatrical poster
influenced The Last House on the Left
musicBy Erik Nordgren
narrativeFocus parents’ quest for vengeance
rape and murder of a young girl
notableFor stark exploration of faith, guilt, and revenge
originalLanguage Swedish
partOf Ingmar Bergman filmography
producer Ingmar Bergman
productionCompany Svensk Filmindustri
releaseYear 1960
runtimeMinutes 89
screenwriter Ulla Isaksson
setInPeriod medieval Sweden
settingLocation rural Sweden
starring Axel Düberg
Birgitta Pettersson
Birgitta Valberg
Gunnel Lindblom
Max von Sydow
theme faith
guilt
paganism versus Christianity
religion
revenge
violence

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Sven Nykvist notableWork The Virgin Spring
Max von Sydow notableWork The Virgin Spring
The Last House on the Left basedOn The Virgin Spring
The Last House on the Left inspiredBy The Virgin Spring
La Source originalTitleOf The Virgin Spring
La Source hasEnglishTitle The Virgin Spring