What is The Virgin Spring / Hour of the Wolf about?

THE VIRGIN SPRING (JUNGFRUKÄLLAN), 1960, Janus Films, 89 min. Dir. Ingmar Bergman. In this period piece set in medieval Sweden, Max von Sydow plays a deeply religious rural farmer who questions his faith when his daughter is raped and murdered. His response to the crime facilitates a classic Bergman inquiry into the existence of God and the juxtaposition between brutality and beauty that informs daily life. An uncommonly poetic treatment of material harsh enough to have inspired, among many other films, Wes Craven’s LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT. HOUR OF THE WOLF (VARGTIMMEN), 1968, Park Circus, 90 min. Artist Max von Sydow and wife Liv Ullmann take a trip to a desolate island and quickly become troubled by eerie visions - are they hallucinations or something more sinister? Ingmar Bergman combines elements of the horror film with his usual preoccupation with relationships in crisis to create a stunning work.

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What is The Virgin Spring / Hour of the Wolf about?: THE VIRGIN SPRING (JUNGFRUKÄLLAN), 1960, Janus Films, 89 min. Dir. Ingmar Bergman. In this period piece set in medieval Sweden, Max von Sydow plays a deeply religious rural farmer who questions his faith when his daughter is raped and murdered. His response to the crime facilitates a classic Bergman inquiry into the existence of God and the juxtaposition between brutality and beauty that informs daily life. An uncommonly poetic treatment of material harsh enough to have inspired, among many other films, Wes Craven’s LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT.

HOUR OF THE WOLF (VARGTIMMEN), 1968, Park Circus, 90 min. Artist Max von Sydow and wife Liv Ullmann take a trip to a desolate island and quickly become troubled by eerie visions - are they hallucinations or something more sinister? Ingmar Bergman combines elements of the horror film with his usual preoccupation with relationships in crisis to create a stunning work.