INFO:

Drama | Sweden | Swedish w/English subs | B&W | 87min w/ Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Birgitta Valberg, Birgitta Pettersson 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 and murder Karin as Ingeri remains hidden. However the killers unwittingly seek refuge in the farmhouse of their victim's parents.