Credits

Regie

Ingmar Bergman

Cast

Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom

Genre

drama, history

Speelduur

90 minutes

Land

Sweden

Taal

Swedish

Ondertiteling

English

Storyline

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.