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The Seventh Seal
1957 film by Ingmar Bergman
The Seventh Seal
The Seventh Seal (Swedish: Det sjunde inseglet) is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It stars Max von Sydow as Antonius Block, a medieval knight returning to Sweden during the Black Death after the Crusades, who challenges the personification of Death (Bengt Ekerot) to a game of chess in an attempt to delay his fate. The cast also features Gunnar Björnstrand, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson, Inga Gill, Maud Hansson, and Gunnel Lindblom. Bergman developed the screenplay from his one-act play Trämålning (Wood Painting), which had been written for the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. The film's title is derived from the seventh seal described in the Book of Revelation, a biblical passage quoted both in the opening narration and near the conclusion of the film, while the silence that follows the opening of the seal reflects one of the film's central themes: "the silence of God". Produced by Svensk Filmindustri, The Seventh Seal was photographed by...
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