The virgin spring
(DVD)

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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2018].
Format
DVD
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Status
Southside - Media
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2018].
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
swe
UPC
715515217910

Notes

General Note
Title from title frame.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
General Note
Adapted from a 13th century ballad Töres dotter i Vänge = Töre's daughter at Vänge.
General Note
Wide screen.
General Note
DVD special edition features: New 2K digital restoration ; 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 the 1975 American Film Institute seminar by Bergman ; alternate English-dubbed soundtrack. Plus: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Peter Cowie, reflections by screenwriter Ulla Isaksson from the time of the film's release, and the medieval ballad on which the film is based.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Sven Nykvist ; production design, P.A. Lundgren ; editor, Oscar Rosander ; music, Erik Nordgren ; costume designer, Marik Vos.
Participants/Performers
Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson, Axel Duberg, Tor Isedal, Allan Edwall, Ove Porath, Axel Slangus, Gudrun Brost, Oscar Ljung.
Description
After a young girl is raped and murdered, her father plots revenge on those responsible.
System Details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1); Dolby digital mono.
Language
In Swedish or English with optional English subtitles.
Awards
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1961.