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The Seventh Seal (1957)

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Overview

Ingmar Bergmann’s masterpiece film about confronting death. Death comes to a knight upon his arrival from battle and attempts to take him away. The knight challenges Death to a chess match as the people around them are haunted by the plague. The Seventh Seal comes from a riddle about crusaders who arrive home after a few years to find their people affected by the plague.

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Principal Cast

Max von Sydow
as Antonius Block
Gunnar Björnstrand
as Jöns
Bengt Ekerot
as Death
Nils Poppe
as Jof
Bibi Andersson
as Mia
Inga Gill
as Lisa, Plogs wife
Maud Hansson
as Witch
Inga Landgré
as Karin, Blocks wife
Gunnel Lindblom
as Mute girl
Bertil Anderberg
as Raval
Anders Ek
as Monk
Ã…ke Fridell
as Plog the smith
Gunnar Olsson
as Albertus Pictor, church painter
Erik Strandmark
as Jonas Skat