The Seventh Seal (1957)
Original title: Det sjunde inseglet
The story of a challenge to death.
- Genre: Fantasy · Drama
- Country: Sweden
- Runtime: 96 min
- Rated: 15+
- Released: 1957-02-16
- Czech release: 2004-05-01
- TMDB rating: 8.1 / 10 (3 391)
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.
- Director: Ingmar Bergman
- Writer: Ingmar Bergman
- Music: Erik Nordgren
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Max von Sydow (born Carl Adolf von Sydow; April 10, 1929 – March 8, 2020) was a Swedish actor. He also held French citizenship since 2002. He starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more. He performed in films filmed in many languages, including Swedish, Norwegian, English, Italian, German, Danish, Fr…
Gunnel Lindblom (born Gunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom, 18 December 1931 – 24 January 2021 Gothenburg, Sweden), was a Swedish film actress and director. As an actor she was particularly associated with the work of Ingmar Bergman, though in 1965 she performed the lead role in Miss Julie for BBC Television. She also play…
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul."
Bibi Andersson was a Swedish actress best known for her long collaboration with director Ingmar Bergman. She appeared in films such as Wild Strawberries (1957) and Persona (1966), becoming one of the defining faces of Swedish cinema in the postwar decades.
Gunnar Björnstrand was a Swedish film actor best known for his long collaboration with director Ingmar Bergman. He appeared in films such as Wild Strawberries (1957) and The Seventh Seal, bringing a cool, ironic quality to roles that often concealed considerable emotional depth.
Bengt Ekerot was a Swedish actor best known for playing Death in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957). His chess-game scenes opposite Max von Sydow created one of cinema's most iconic images. Alongside acting, he also worked as a theatre director.
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