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.
Max Von Sydow | Töre | |
Birgitta Valberg | Märeta | |
Gunnel Lindblom | Ingeri | |
Birgitta Pettersson | Karin | |
Axel Duberg | Thin Goat Herder | |
Tor Isedal | Mute Goat Herder | |
Allan Edwall | Beggar | |
Ove Porath | Boy Goat Herder | |
Axel Slangus | Bridge Keeper | |
Gudrun Brost | Frida | |
Oscar Ljung | Simon | |
Tor Borong | Old Farm-hand | |
Leif Forstenberg | Young Farm-hand |
Director | Ingmar Bergman | |
Writer | Ulla Isaksson | |
Producer | Ingmar Bergman, Carl Anders Dynling, Allan Ekelund | |
Musician | Erik Nordgren | |
Photography | Sven Nykvist |
Quantity | 1 |
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Seen | |
Added Date | Jan 11, 2019 20:15:40 |
Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:34:51 |
SPECIAL FEATURES
New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 2005 by Ingmar Bergman scholar Birgitta Steene
Interviews from 2005 with actors Gunnel Lindblom and Birgitta Pettersson
Introduction by filmmaker Ang Lee from 2005
Audio recording of a 1975 American Film Institute seminar by Bergman
Alternate English-dubbed soundtrack
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by film scholar Peter Cowie and screenwriter Ulla Isaksson and the medieval ballad on which the film is based
Cover by Eric Skillman