Jungfrukällan = The virgin spring /

Jungfrukällan = The virgin spring /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:Director-approved special ed.
Imprint:[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2006.
Description:1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:Swedish
English
Series:The Criterion collection ; 321
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 321.
Subject:
Rape victims -- Sweden -- Drama.
Murder -- Drama.
Revenge -- Drama.
Murder.
Rape victims.
Revenge.
Sweden.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Swedish.
Historical films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Format: DVD Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6217416
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:Disc label title: Virgin spring
Other authors / contributors:Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007
Sydow, Max von, 1929-
Valberg, Birgitta.
Lindblom, Gunnel, 1931-
Isaksson, Ulla, 1916-2000
Pettersson, Birgitta.
Nykvist, Sven.
Nordgren, Erik.
Steene, Birgitta.
Lee, Ang, 1954-
Cowie, Peter.
Janus Films.
Svensk filmindustri.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
ISBN:155940969X
9781559409698
Notes:Originally released as a Swedish motion picture in 1960.
Series numbering from container spine.
"1.33:1 aspect ratio"--Container.
Recorded in Dolby digital mono.
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 ; essays by film scholar Peter Cowie and screenwriter Ulla Isaksson; audio recording of a 1975 American Film Institute seminar by Bergman; medieval ballad on which the film is based; and a letter from Bergman on the film's controversial rape scene.
Cinematography, Sven Nykvist ; editing, Oscar Rosander ; music, Erik Nordgren ; DVD producer, Johanna Schiller.
Max Von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson.
DVD.
In Swedish with optional English subtitles or English dubbed version.
Summary: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.
Awards:Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Standard no.:715515017121
Publisher's no.:CC1621D Criterion Collection
Review by Library Journal Review

Ingmar Bergman's medieval revenge tale deals with a pair of goatherds who rape and murder an innocent farm girl only to seek shelter unwittingly from their victim's parents. Max von Sydow is towering as the aggrieved father consumed with vengeance despite his religious rectitude. Extras include an introduction by director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain), who singles out the classic film (presented in a pristine transfer) for its influence on him. For serious collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

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