Synopsis: Winner of the 1961 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, Ingmar Bergman's THE VIRGIN SPRING is a harrowing tale of faith, revenge, and savagery in medieval Sweden. Starring Bergman stalwart and screen icon Max von Sydow, the film is both beautiful and cruel in its depiction of a world teetering between the sacred and the profane and one father's longing to avenge the murder of a child.

Language: Swedish

Country of Origin: Sweden

Production Year: 1960

Reviews:

• "Achieves a tremendous sense of primeval passion and physical power.", The New York Times
• "A violently beautiful miracle play.", Time
• "Masterful...Flawless.", Saturday Review
• "Sven Nykvist's luminous black-and-white photography conspires with the austerity of Bergman's imagery to create an extraordinary metaphysical charge.", Time Out

Awards:

• 1961: Nominee, Oscar, Best Costume Design, Academy
• 1961: Winner, Oscar, Best Foreign Language Film, Academy