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.
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Max Von Sydow | Töre |
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Birgitta Valberg | Märeta |
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Gunnel Lindblom | Ingeri |
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Birgitta Pettersson | Karin |
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Axel Duberg | Thin Goat Herder |
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Tor Isedal | Mute Goat Herder |
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Allan Edwall | Beggar |
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Ove Porath | Boy Goat Herder |
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Axel Slangus | Bridge Keeper |
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Gudrun Brost | Frida |
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Oscar Ljung | Simon |
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Tor Borong | Old Farm-hand |
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Leif Forstenberg | Young Farm-hand |
Director | Ingmar Bergman |
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Writer | Ulla Isaksson | |
Producer | Ingmar Bergman, Carl Anders Dynling, Allan Ekelund | |
Musician | Erik Nordgren | |
Photography | Sven Nykvist |