Following a decade of battle in the Crusades, the knight Antonius Block (Max Von Sydow) challenges Death (Bengt Ekerot) to a fateful game of chess, in Ingmar Bergman's allegorical masterpiece:

1957, Sweedish, time: 96 min, No rating, Black & White, written by Ingmar Bergman, directed by Ingmar Bergman

The film that gained Ingmar Bergman an international reputation, THE SEVENTH SEAL, is an all-out religious allegory addressing that most-contemplated question, "Does God exist?"

Cast & Credits

Max Von Sydow	Antonius Block
Bengt Ekerot	Death
Gunnar Bjoernstrand	Jons
Nils Poppe	Jof
Bibi Andersson	Mia
Inga Gill	Lisa

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Producer	Allan Ekelund
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Cinematography	Gunnar Fischer

Awards and Comments

Cannes Film Festival, Special Jury Prize
French Motion Picture Academy, Grand Prix
One of the Ten Best Foreign Films of the Year, The New York Times

"So gripping as to be entertaining in an enlightening way. Visually unforgetable." James Monaco, The Movie Guide

"Piercing and powerful. Mr. Bergman hits you with it right between the eyes." Bosley Crowther, The New York Times

Reviews
CineBooks' Synopsis & Review
Leonard Maltin Review
Pauline Kael Review

See These Sites For Further Information
The Internet Movie Database
Type in "The Seventh Seal" and press START SEARCH

Sources taken from Microsoft Cinemania '95

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Last updated on July 1, 1996.