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Academy Award Foreign Language Film 1961 · Winner
Golden Globe Samuel Goldwyn International Award 1961 · Nominated
Academy Award Costume Design (Black-and-White) 1961 · Nominated
Academy Award Foreign Language Film 1961 · Winner
Golden Globe Samuel Goldwyn International Award 1961 · Nominated
Academy Award Costume Design (Black-and-White) 1961 · Nominated
Devout Christians Töre and Märeta (Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg) send their only daughter, the virginal Karin (Birgritta Pettersson), and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri (Gunnel Lindblom), 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...