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.

• SF Studios
• Max von Sydow
• Birgitta Valberg
• Gunnel Lindblom
• Birgitta Pettersson
• Axel Düberg
• Allan Edwall
• Tor Isedal
• Ove Porath