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The seventh seal

Antonius Block is a knight, who along with his squire, are returning home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. Antonius challenges Death to a chess game for his life. Antonius and Death play as the...

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Other Authors: Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007 (Film director, Screenwriter), Björnstrand, Gunnar, 1909-1986 (Actor), Ekerot, Bengt (Actor), Poppe, Nils (Actor), Sydow, Max von, 1929-2020 (Actor), Andersson, Bibi, 1935-2019 (Actor), Gill, Inga (Actor), Hansson, Maud, 1937-2020 (Actor), Landgré, Inga, 1927- (Actor), Lindblom, Gunnel, 1931-2021 (Actor), Anderberg, Bertil, 1913-1991 (Actor), Ek, Anders, 1916-1979 (Actor), Fridell, Åke, 1919-1985 (Actor), Olsson, Gunnar, 1904-1983 (Actor), Strandmark, Erik, 1919-1963 (Actor), Fischer, Gunnar, 1910-2011 (director of photography.), Nordgren, Erik (composer (expression)), Wallén, Lennart, 1914-1967 (Editor of moving image work), Cowie, Peter, Nyreröd, Marie, Giddins, Gary
Format: Videos DVD
Language:Swedish
English
Published: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Edition:[Special edition].
Series:Criterion collection ; 11.
Subjects:
Knights and knighthood > Drama.
Civilization, Medieval > Drama.
Crusades > Drama.
Death > Drama.
Chess > End games > Drama.
Black Death > Drama.
Action and adventure films.
Fantasy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings.
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Table of Contents:
  • disc 1. The film: Ingmar Bergman introduction [Created in 2003 as a series of introductions to Ingmar Bergman's films that Marie Nyreröd recorded with Bergman] (3 min.)
  • Feature
  • Optional audio feature commentary with film scholar Peter Cowie (recorded in 1987)
  • Afterword [2008, featuring film scholar Peter Cowie] (11 min.)
  • Max Von Sydow audio interview (Excerpts from interview conducted by film scholar Peter Cowie in 1988] (20 min.)
  • Woody Allen on Bergman [filmed in 1998 for Turner Classics Movies] (7 min.)
  • Original theatrical trailer.
  • disc 2. The director: Bergman Island [Feature-length documentary edited from three documentaries on Ingmar Bergman, made by Swedish television journalist Marie Nyreröd in 2004] (2004 ; 83 min.)
  • Bergman 101 [Film scholar Peter Cowie walks viewers through Bergman's career through film stills, clips, and behind-the-scenes photos] (35 min.) ; Booklet includes essay by film scholar Gary Giddins, There go the clowns.

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