Max von Sydow, Gunnel Lindblom, Allan Edwall, Axel Düberg, Birgitta Valberg, Gudrun Brost, Birgitta Pettersson, Tor Isedal, Ove Porath, Axel Slangus
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Year
1959
Category
Drama, New releases
Language
German
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.
