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Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix 1957 · Winner
The Seventh Seal (Swedish: Det sjunde inseglet) is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in Sweden during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) and a game of chess he plays with the personification of Death (Bengt Ekerot), who has come to take his life.
The Seventh Seal: Directed by Ingmar Bergman. With Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max von Sydow. A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
- (200K)
- Drama, Fantasy
- Ingmar Bergman
- 1958-10-13
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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.
Det sjunde inseglet är en svensk dramafilm från 1957, skriven och regisserad av Ingmar Bergman, med bland andra Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Nils Poppe, Gunnar Björnstrand, Inga Landgré och Bengt Ekerot i rollerna.
The Seventh Seal, Swedish allegorical dramatic film, released in 1957, that is widely considered director Ingmar Bergman’s greatest work and a classic in world cinema. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Antonius Block (played by Max von Sydow) is a disillusioned knight.
The Seventh Seal (Swedish: Det sjunde inseglet), released in 1957, is probably the best-known Swedish film ever made. Along with Persona and Fanny & Alexander, it is often named as one of Bergman’s best and most influential works.
