Jungfrukällan 1960

Critics score:
94 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: It is far from an easy picture to watch or entirely commend. For Mr. Bergman has stocked it with scenes of brutality that, for sheer unrestrained realism, may leave one sickened and stunned. Read more

Don Druker, Chicago Reader: The period details are magnificently worked into the narrative, and the pace and economy of the tortured Swede's storytelling make his metaphysics infinitely easier to take. Read more

Time Out: Sven Nykvist's luminous black-and-white photography conspiring with the austerity of Bergman's imagery to create an extraordinary metaphysical charge. Read more