The Seventh Seal (1957)
Original Title: Det sjunde inseglet
Drama
Fantasy
8.2 (3,095 votes)
1h 36m
Overview
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
Details
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Writer
- Ingmar Bergman
- Original Language
- Swedish
- Budget
- $150,000
Cast
Bengt Ekerot
Bertil Anderberg
Bibi Andersson
Gunnar Björnstrand
Gunnel Lindblom
Inga Gill
Inga Landgré
Maud Hansson
Max von Sydow
Nils Poppe
Keywords
14th century
allegory
artist
belief in god
black and white
black death
blacksmith
chess
countryside
criterion
crusade
death incarnate
death personified
demon
dying and death
grim reaper
juggler
last judgment
life teacher
matter of life and death
meaning of life
metaphysical
metaphysical drama
metaphysics
mysticism
kabbalah
spiritism
middle ages (476-1453)
playing chess
relaxed
seeking a god
sense of life
symbolism
the virgin mary
virgin mary
witch
witch burning
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