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1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.).
A peasant girl is raped and murdered in 14th-century Sweden. When her killers seek shelter in her father's house, he kills them to avenge her death. Soon, a spring appears from where the girl was killed and her father sees this as a sign from above.
Janus Films ; Svensk Filmindustri ; Svensk Filmindustri visar ; manuskript efter en legend visa från 1300-talet, Ulla Isaksson ; regi, Ingmar Bergman.
"Director-approved special edition"--Container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
Accompanying booklet features essays by film scholar Peter Cowie and screenwriter Ulla Isaksson, the medieval ballad on which the film is based, and a letter from Bergman on the film's controversial rape scene.
Special features: Audio commentary by Ingmar Bergman scholar Birgitta Steene -- Introduction by filmmaker Ang Lee -- New video interviews with actresses Gunnel Lindblom and Birgitta Pettersson -- An audio recording of a 1975 American Film Institute seminar by Bergman.
Max Von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson.
Soundtracks in Swedish and English with subtitles in English.
Cinematography, Sven Nykvist ; editing, Oscar Rosander ; music, Erik Nordgren.
Academy Award, 1960: Best Foreign Language Film (Sweden)
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 321