The Seventh Seal
About The Seventh Seal
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 w…
The Seventh Seal is a 1957 fantasy film directed by Ingmar Bergman. Gunnar Björnstrand takes the lead as Jöns, Bengt Ekerot as Death, Nils Poppe as Jof, and Max von Sydow as Antonius Block.
It runs 96 minutes and was released in February 1957. Written by Ingmar Bergman.
Members will find dying and death, artist, countryside, and middle ages (476-1453) in it. It streams on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and HBO Max Amazon Channel in the United States. It scores 8.1 out of 10 from 3,505 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.
8½, Häxan, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian make useful companions to The Seventh Seal, all filed under allegory, ambiguous, and black and white.