Overview

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.

Cast

Max von Sydow

Töre

Birgitta Valberg

Märeta

Gunnel Lindblom

Ingeri

Birgitta Pettersson

Karin

Axel Düberg

Thin Herdsman

Allan Edwall

Beggar

Tor Isedal

Mute Herdsman

N/A

Ove Porath

Boy

Axel Slangus

Bridge Keeper

Gudrun Brost

Frida

Oscar Ljung

Simon

Tor Borong

Farm-hand