Watch NowThe Seventh Seal (1957)
PG
24/10/1957 (GB)
Fantasy, Drama
1h 36m
- 82% (3070 votes)
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The story of a challenge to death.
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.
- Ingmar BergmanDirector, Screenplay
Original Title
Det sjunde inseglet
Status
Released
Original Language
Swedish
Budget
$150,000
Revenue
$311,212
Keywords
- witch
- dying and death
- blacksmith
- chess
- countryside
- allegory
- crusade
- artist
- juggler
- witch burning
- last judgment
- symbolism
- sense of life
- matter of life and death
- grim reaper
- black and white
- demon
- belief in god
- middle ages (476-1453)
- meaning of life
- virgin mary
- black death
- playing chess
- death personified
- death incarnate
- life teacher
- metaphysical
- 14th century
- seeking a god
- relaxed
- metaphysical drama
- metaphysics, mysticism, kabbalah, spiritism
- the virgin mary
Top Billed Cast
Gunnar Björnstrand
Jöns
Bengt Ekerot
Death
Nils Poppe
Jof
Max von Sydow
Antonius Block
Bibi Andersson
Mia
Inga Gill
Lisa
Maud Hansson
Witch
Inga Landgré
Karin
Gunnel Lindblom
Mute Girl
Bertil Anderberg
Raval
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