Storyline

Set in beautiful 14th century Sweden, it is the sombre, powerful fable of wealthy land-owning parents whose daughter, a young virgin, is brutally raped and murdered by goat herders after her half sister has invoked a pagan curse. By a bizarre twist of fate, the murderers ask for food and shelter from the dead girl's parents, who, discovering the truth about their erstwhile lodgers, exact a chilling revenge.

Plot Keywords

virgin, death of daughter, religious faith, pregnancy, revenge, murder, rape, one word title, tragedy, unwed pregnancy, loss of daughter, child murder, medieval times, gang rape, girl, head wound, good versus evil, fireplace, dead body, crying

Short Review

Sven Nykvist's luminous black-and-white photography conspiring with the austerity of Bergman's imagery to create an extraordinary metaphysical charge.

Trailer

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