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The Seventh Seal is considered a classic of world cinema, as well as one of the greatest films of all time. It established Bergman as a world-renowned director, containing scenes which have become iconic through homages, critical analysis, and parodies.
A knight challenges Death to a chess game during the Black Plague in this 1957 drama fantasy by Ingmar Bergman. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtrack and more.
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- Drama, Fantasy
- Ingmar Bergman
- 1958-10-13
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 Bl...
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Apr 16, 2000 · A knight returns from the Crusades and challenges Death to a game of chess in this existential film by Ingmar Bergman. Roger Ebert praises its stark imagery, its uncompromising subject of God's absence, and its rich detail of medieval Europe.
The title The Seventh Seal is a reference to a passage in the Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible. This passage, found in Revelation 8:1, reads: “When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.”
The Seventh Seal. Returning exhausted from the Crusades to find medieval Sweden gripped by the Plague, a knight (Max von Sydow) suddenly comes face-to-face with the hooded figure of Death, and challenges him to a game of chess.
Aug 6, 2023 · A film review of Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, a 1957 Swedish drama about a knight who challenges Death to a game of chess. The review explores the themes of death, existence, and religion in the medieval context of the plague and the crusades.
