The Virgin Spring (1960)
(Jungfrukällan)
Country: SV
Technical: bw 87m
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Max Von Sydow, Brigitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom
Synopsis:
A woodsman's daughter is raped and murdered, a fact of which he becomes apprised only when welcoming her attackers into his house for the night.
Review:
Great care is taken with the medieval setting, and the film is less theatrical than The Seventh Seal, though it is also less powerful. Nevertheless, any parent will share anguished moments with the Von Sydow character, whose psychological journey is followed in all its agony by Bergman, in such a way as to render insignificant Wes Craven's updating of the story in Last House on the Left. Visually, Nykvist does as great things as Fischer before him (the cinematography is sharper, more analytical).
(Jungfrukällan)
Country: SV
Technical: bw 87m
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Max Von Sydow, Brigitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom
Synopsis:
A woodsman's daughter is raped and murdered, a fact of which he becomes apprised only when welcoming her attackers into his house for the night.
Review:
Great care is taken with the medieval setting, and the film is less theatrical than The Seventh Seal, though it is also less powerful. Nevertheless, any parent will share anguished moments with the Von Sydow character, whose psychological journey is followed in all its agony by Bergman, in such a way as to render insignificant Wes Craven's updating of the story in Last House on the Left. Visually, Nykvist does as great things as Fischer before him (the cinematography is sharper, more analytical).
(Jungfrukällan)
Country: SV
Technical: bw 87m
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Max Von Sydow, Brigitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom
Synopsis:
A woodsman's daughter is raped and murdered, a fact of which he becomes apprised only when welcoming her attackers into his house for the night.
Review:
Great care is taken with the medieval setting, and the film is less theatrical than The Seventh Seal, though it is also less powerful. Nevertheless, any parent will share anguished moments with the Von Sydow character, whose psychological journey is followed in all its agony by Bergman, in such a way as to render insignificant Wes Craven's updating of the story in Last House on the Left. Visually, Nykvist does as great things as Fischer before him (the cinematography is sharper, more analytical).