The Virgin Spring

Max Von Sydow as stern feudal farmer Torè awaits his daughter, late from delivering candles to their church, not knowing she's been raped and murdered by the nastiest of three goat-herders (Tore Isedal, with Axel Düberg and young Ove Porath) whom he barely offers shelter, Birgitta Valberg his wife, in Ingmar Bergman's bitter The Virgin Spring, 1960, the director's first feature with cinematographer Sven Nykvist.

Mother Mareta (Birgitta Valberg) waking pampered Karin (Brigitta Pettersson), they converse and are joined by father Tore (Max von Sydow), early in Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring, 1960.

Innocent Karin (Brigitta Pettersson) on her way to church through the medieval Swedish woods, meets the goat-herds (Axel Duberg, Tor Isedal, Ove Porath), things not looking good, in Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring, 1960.

Contrasting faiths in one household, stepdaughter Ingeri (Gunnel Lindblom) summoning a Norse god, parents Tore (Max von Sydow) and Mareta (Birgitta Valberg) a Christian one, opening Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring, 1960.