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Movie

The Seventh Seal

1958·1h 36m·Not Rated
DramaFantasy
IMDb Rating
★ 8.1/10
215,439 votes
Metascore
88
Metacritic

A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.

The Seventh Seal is a 1958 drama fantasy movie directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.1/10 from 215,439 votes and runs 1h 36m.

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Director
Ingmar Bergman
Stars
Max von Sydow
Gunnar Björnstrand
Bengt Ekerot
Nils Poppe
Creators
Ingmar Bergman
Details
1958-10-13
96 min
Movie
Not Rated
★ Sweden
★ Swedish, Latin
Keywords
giftblack deathfear of deathbegging for helpchristianityplagueswedenpreachercorporeal mortificationminstrel showcrusadescrusaderforbidden lovesurrealismnorse mythologyskull masksuspended by armscrucifixsquirrelincense censerreference to the virgin marycaught in a thunderstormreligious faithcatholicwild strawberrycorpsedespairforestchurchhorseback ridingplaying a lutehuman skullchristianmoralityknightsinging a songreference to godadulterymiddle agestitle spoken by characterallegoryreligionactorcrisis of faitheastern europesledge hammersoldiergrim reaperapocalypsesuperstitionlying on a stone beachdancing on a tableknife held to throatjuggling two ballssquiredeath personifiedperiod piececutting down a treediscovering a dead bodyblack plaguetavernplaying a wooden fluteholy visionchessdoubtchessboardself flagellationbible quoteflagellationsermonknifescarchess gametrading insultssuspected witchmural paintingdeathplain songprisonerfaithpersonification of deathstocksdeath characterrobbing the deadexistentialismmarriagereference to jesus christconfessionalcovered wagonvillageblindedtheatrical troupemedieval timesburned at the stakeprison wagonscape goatpaladincatholic churchvoice over narrationwitch hunt