Inspired by a medieval Swedish ballad, Ingmar Bergmans The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukallan) begins with a scene of unspeakable brutality and ends with an image of uncommon beauty. 15-year-old Birgitta ...
Two foreign films last week were embroiled in sizzling moral controversy—not in the supposedly Puritan-minded U.S., but on their own home ground. ¶ Jungfrukallan (The Virgin Spring), latest film by ...