Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri, to deliver candles to a distant church. On their way through the woods, the girls encounter a group of savage goat herders who brutally rape and murder Karin as Ingeri remains hidden. When the killers unwittingly seek refuge in the farmhouse of Töre and Märeta, Töre plots a fitting revenge.
The Virgin Spring has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Virgin Spring was released in 1960 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 350 reviews, giving The Virgin Spring (1960) an average rating of 83%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 87%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 73%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Virgin Spring than critics were.
With a score of 83%, The Virgin Spring is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1960, which stands at 62%.
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