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The Virgin Spring
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #425
- IMDb #390
- Rotten Tomatoes #559
- Letterboxd #313
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1296
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #385
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 92.
See the most agreed on films →In medieval Sweden, the devoutly religious daughter of a wealthy landowner is brutally raped and murdered by three goat herders on her way to church. The killers, unaware of her identity, later seek shelter at her parents' home. When the truth is revealed, her father is consumed by a deep conflict between his Christian faith and a primal desire for vengeance.
Details
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Writer
- Ulla Isaksson
- Studio
- SF Studios
- Released
- 8 February 1960
- Country
- Sweden
- Language
- Swedish
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Box office
- $700.0K
- Awards
- 4 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
Full cast (13) →
Awards & nominations
See all 5 →4 major awards won · 4 wins from 5 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1961 | Best Foreign Language Film | Sweden | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1961 | Best Foreign Language Film | The Virgin Spring | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1960 | Special Mention | Ingmar Bergman | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1960 | FIPRESCI Prize | Ingmar Bergman | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1961 | Best Costume Design, Black and White | Marik Vos | Nominee |
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5 awards — The Virgin Spring
×| FIPRESCI Prize | Ingmar Bergman | Winner |
| Special Mention | Ingmar Bergman | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Sweden | Winner |
| Best Costume Design, Black and White | Marik Vos | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Virgin Spring | Winner |